- ana ▁groups ▁as ▁an ▁example . ▁Sh ir ky ▁clos es ▁by ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁migration ▁from ▁institutions ▁to ▁self - organ izing , ▁collabor ative ▁groups ▁will ▁be ▁incomplete ▁and ▁will ▁not ▁end ▁in ▁a ▁u top ian ▁society . ▁R ather , ▁cha os ▁will ▁follow ▁as ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁the ▁printing ▁press ▁before ▁it , ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁period ▁of ▁transition ▁will ▁last ▁roughly ▁fifty ▁years . ▁ ▁Sh ir ky ▁claims ▁that ▁our ▁actions ▁and ▁behavior ▁are ▁generated ▁by ▁convenience . ▁W riter ▁and ▁anal yst ▁Meg an ▁Gar ber ▁writes : ▁“ The ▁more ▁people ▁we ▁have ▁particip ating ▁in ▁media , ▁and ▁the ▁more ▁people ▁we ▁have ▁cons uming ▁it — and ▁the ▁more ▁people ▁we ▁have , ▁in ▁particular , ▁creating ▁it — the ▁better . ▁Not ▁because ▁bigger ▁is ▁implicitly ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁alternative ▁compact , ▁but ▁because ▁abund ance ▁changes ▁the ▁value ▁proposition ▁of ▁media ▁as ▁a ▁resource ." ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Jay ▁Ba er ▁by ▁making ▁collaboration ▁more ▁convenient ▁for ▁the ▁user , ▁it ▁will ▁eventually ▁become ▁a ▁more ▁common place . ▁Further , ▁en han cing ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁collaboration ▁will ▁inst ill ▁motiv ation ▁within ▁the ▁users . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Aud rey ▁Tang , ▁Sh ir ky ▁has ▁pione ered ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁a ▁" c ogn itive ▁sur plus ", ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁time ▁spent ▁on ▁the ▁internet ▁can ▁have ▁an ▁increasing ▁social ▁value . ▁ ▁E volution ▁of ▁asym metric ▁media ▁In