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shirky principle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
shirky prin-ci-ple
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The idea that institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.

Etymology

Named after the American technology writer Clay Shirky.

Inflected Forms

the Shirky principle (canonical)

Questions

What does shirky principle mean?
The idea that institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.
Where does shirky principle come from?
Named after the American technology writer Clay Shirky.

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