Yochai Benkler
Last summer, Yochai Benkler observed that “loosely coupled systems need motivated actors”, by which he meant that participatory systems that operate outside markets and managerial structure work by appealing to people with freely disposable time and talents.
The most loosely coupled system of all is society as a whole; to get a society that can take advantage of our recently increased connectedness, we need motivated actors to turn possibility into reality.