Clay Shirky on the dangers of social software for political organization.

Executive summary : too much talking to like minded people lulls you into a false sense of security and doesn't actually equal action, though you might have the illusion it does.

Many-to-Many: Is Social Software Bad for the Dean Campaign?

Worth thinking about at the moment. I talked with Jean-Francois on Sunday, a great, positive guy, and someone with connections to more alt.money people. But it's worth remembering the dangers of only talking with other believers . (That's one of the reasons I like the Misesians on the alt.money tribe. To get a sense of perspective of how different other people's beliefs are.)