"Here Comes Everybody", a book by Clay Shirky, is a book about advancements in technology. With accelerating velocity, our age's new technologies of social networking are evolving, and evolving us. We have begun crowdsourcing news and innovations. Technologies like cell phones and internet are constantly changing the world. With the internet, people now have the power to express their opinions and share their views to millions of people instantly. People are more connected today than during any other generation of human existence. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter have made this possible. People share ideas on a large scale today, in online communities. Our lifestyle has changed in so many ways with internet and smartphones that we cannot imagine going back to any previous era of technology. But as Voltaire once said, "With great power comes great responsibility" (no this was not a creation of Marvel comics). We now have to find the most awarding ways of utilizing the power of today's technologies. We should try to contribute back to the online communities like Wikipedia, from where we harness our information and knowledge. In other words, we need to try to become producers rather than just stay as consumers in this information age.
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