<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A participatory publishing system fulfills its... > A participatory publishing system fulfills its promise when spectators become makers, makers become authors, and authors help new people cross the same threshold. The result is more than democratized distribution; it is a civilization with a larger number of people capable of preserving experience as knowledge and offering that knowledge to the future. **Source:** [[livestreams/From Audience to Author — Building Tools for Participatory Publishing - Workbook|From Audience to Author — Building Tools for Participatory Publishing]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A participatory publishing system fulfills its promise when spectators become makers, makers become authors, and authors help new people cross the same threshold. The result is more than democratized distribution; it is a civilization with a larger number of people capable of preserving experience as knowledge and offering that knowledge to the future.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-participatory-publishing-system-offering-knowledge-future ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->