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Virtual tools are transforming the way we engage, think about and interpret the world. They are valuable, important and in today's world absolutely essential. What lends even more power to these tools are the even more powerful social ideas behind them.

The TED talk below with Clay Shirky, author of the book, Here Comes Everybody eloquently captures this concept with his discussion on just how transformative new/social media is becoming.