Clay Shirky's Ise Shrine Metaphor for Changing Networks
Chris Vertonghen · Talk · 9 min · 2007 · YouTube title: Clay Shirky on Love, Internet Style
Why it's here
HN people cite it for the Ise shrine metaphor, that function rather than original material defines identity.
What it covers
A short Supernova 2007 provocation in which Clay Shirky uses a 1300-year-old Japanese shrine, rebuilt periodically, as a metaphor for how networks change business and collective creativity.