"... what's happened is this kind of lightweight, superficial herd mentality, with folks striking out fairly deep responses and then nothing ever gets settled .

"... what's happened is this kind of lightweight, superficial herd mentality, with folks striking out fairly deep responses and then nothing ever gets settled ..." Clay Shirky has a copy of a speech explaining the mechanics of this phenomena, "A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy" ~ http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html