http://www.shirky.com/
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/43565-here-comes-clay-shirky.html
... if we don’t create a culture that celebrates the creation of that kind of civic value, all we get is communal value, like groups of people that band together for self-amusement: “you like Harry Potter, I like Harry Potter.” When people have the guts to act on their convictions in ways that are tough for them, like the people on PatientsLikeMe, saying, “I’m manic-depressive. These are the drugs I’m taking; these are the ones that are working,” they defy the current medical culture that says, “Whatever you do, don’t tell anyone.” This is the conversation I’m most interested in having. That’s the thing I care most about. If we don’t celebrate civic value, we underuse the medium.