The Shirky Principle

Kelly, K. (2010). The Shirky Principle. The Technium.

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Web resource

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Web

Year

2010

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https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-shirky-prin/

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• Shirky Principle
  • The same prime predicts the resistance to disruptors (open-source tools, in-housing) that would actually resolve the dependency.

    This sourceStates the survival-coupled-to-problem dynamic in institutions and predicts resistance to disruptors that would resolve the dependency.

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    Kelly states the principle and that institutions perpetuate their problem and overlook marginal disruptors, but does not say they resist open-source tools or in-housing.

    “Established industries like to focus on established problems.”

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