How cognitive surplus will change the world youtube. Is the book cognitive surplus by clay shirky worth reading. Clay shirky released his book cognitive surplus with as subtitle how technology makes consumers into collaborators. In the past, we filled our free time with the tools at our disposal. A compact report on the worlds biggest economy, told through the story of the thirdlargest global manufacturer of smartphones. Whilst short, it gives you a good sense of what it all means, and the potential of it.
For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to. About clay shirky s tedtalk the history of the modern world could read as a history of ways of arguing, social media guru clay shirky says. Television became a kind of universal parttime job, and sitcoms and soap operas. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which covered the impact of social media. I always love clay shirkys insights into the internet culture. This spring at the ted headquarters in new york, he gave an impassioned talk against sopapipa that saw 1 million views in 48 hours. How technology makes consumers into collaborators shirky, clay. However, from the books we have read this one gives a new insight that confirms and denies some of what was stated in past reading material.
He defines cognitive surplus as the shared work we do online with our. In his bestselling here comes everybody, internet guru clay shirky provided. Jul 12, 20 cognitive surplus is made up of two things. The author of the influential here comes everybody is again driving conversation with his new book, cognitive surplus. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which covered the impact of. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky by adam thierer on july 9, 2010 7 comments if you are an avid reader of everything clay skirky pens and im going to assume most readers of this blog are then the chapters youll find in his new book, cognitive surplus. Steve silberman is a writer and contributing editor for wired who covers science and society. Mikozben a wikipedia szerkesztesevel es az ushahidi frissitesevel vagyunk elfoglalva es kozben lolcats kepeket is csinalunk, egy jobb, egyuttmukodobb vilagot epitunk. As protests in iran exploded over the weekend, we decided to. Now, this is in essence the argument of here comes everybody, and cognitive surplus is, if you want to put it like this, here comes everybody 2. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirkys cognitive surplus. May 16, 2012 part 1 of the ted radio hour episode the power of crowds. As the same way that clay shirky does in his lecture for ted, he presents a parallel between. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talks.
Cognitive surplus is a very narrowly defined book that offers up few thoughts of interest and mostly dwells on information that likely is already known by many using social media, or those like myself who have read a few books about the media, including some. The guardian published early june 2011 the list with the 100 greatest nonfiction books. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky clay shirky argues that by turning us from passive consumers into active producers and sharers of content, the internet is creating a better, more democratic world. Creativity and generosity in a connected age is a fascinating look at how the internet is transforming our culture, providing new outlets for human potential. You have javascript disabled for the best experience, please turn javascript on. Clay shirkys writings are a little optimistic, in my. Jun 02, 2011 cognitive surplus is a very narrowly defined book that offers up few thoughts of interest and mostly dwells on information that likely is already known by many using social media, or those like myself who have read a few books about the media, including some of the heavyweights mcluhan, boorstin, gleick, etc. Clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. Much of cognitive surplus is a meditation on the mechanics of these groups how and why they form and stay together but shirkys analysis is too often abstruse and scattershot. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, 2010, etc.
Cognitive surplus is a synthesis of the surplus of peoples time, energy, creativity, and generosity that leads to productivity, creation, and sharing amid technology realms. How cognitive surplus will change the world free summary by. Creativity and generosity in a connected age in this presentation, clay shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital technology puts our untapped resources of talent and goodwill to use at last. Jul 08, 2010 in cognitive surplus, internet guru clay shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital technology puts our untapped resources of talent and goodwill to use at last. Shirky is an adjunct professor in new york university. Wikipedia and other current products of cognitive surplus are only the icebergs tip. If you take wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of wikipedia, the whole project every page, every edit, every line of code, in every language wikipedia exists in that represents.
Clay shirky divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of internet technologies. Clay shirky studies social networks, connections and subcultures that are using emerging technologies to connect. While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi and yes, making lolcats, were building a better, more cooperative world. He argues that the time americans once spent watching television. Clay shirky s book tour collided with the ted conference in cannes earlier this month, and what you get is a crisp, minute precis of the arguments in shirky s new book, cognitive surplus. Theres a great talk from clay shirky in the latest issue of edge about all of our surplus, unused brain power, and what we might be able to do with it if we turn off our tvs how big is that surplus. The world has over a trillion hours a year of free time to commit to shared projects. Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we. He revealed how cellphones, the web, facebook and twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact realworld events.
Access a free summary of how cognitive surplus will change the world, by clay shirky and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Creativity and generosity in a connected age kindle edition by shirky, clay. Clay shirky gave a really great keynote talk about cognitive surplus last week at. May 16, 2012 lets listen to clay shirky on this very topic, speaking at ted in 2009 in a prescient talk called how social media can make history. Cognitive surplus quotes showing 112 of 12 knowledge, unlike information, is a human characteristic. Cognitive surplus, clay shirky 9781594202537 youtube. Martha payne started the foodblog neverseconds, for which she took her camera into school to document her lunches, using metrics such as pieces of hair found. The power of organizing without organizations 2008. And it represents the ability of the worlds population to volunteer and to contribute and collaborate on large, sometimes global, projects. When clay shirky speaksat ted conferences, on twitter, at nyu.
Clay shirkys book tour collided with the ted conference in cannes earlier this month, and what you get is a crisp, minute precis of the. Central to this exploration is shirkys idea of a communal cognitive surplus the. How cognitive surplus will change the world clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cognitive surplus. This book, cognitive surplus by clay shirky isnt generally one i would look for on a regular basis. Clay shirky a kognitiv tobbletet vizsgalja a megosztott, online munkat, amit a szabad agykapacitasunkkal vegzunk. Thats the premise of clay shirky, an author, professor, data science guru, and presenter of the popular ted talk sopapipa that had 1 million viewers in 48 hours. Creativity and generosity in a connected age 2010 and here comes everybody.
He is the author of two recent books on the subject, cognitive surplus. The author of the breakout hit here comes everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. Then he tells us of a 9yearold scottish girl who lives about 50 miles from here. The first, obviously, is the worlds free time and talents. Clay shirky speaking to the gds team clay is an expert. In a world of participatory archives and a focus on developing new user groups, shirkys observations and recommendations are pertinent to archivists striving to grow communities locally and online. Part 1 of the ted radio hour episode the power of crowds. The potential impact of cognitive surplus is enormous. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jun 26, 2010 cognitive surplus by clay shirky clay shirky argues that by turning us from passive consumers into active producers and sharers of content, the internet is creating a better, more democratic world. For the first time in history, the amount of television being watched. Clay is an expert on the social and economic effects of internet technologies, and is the author of the books here comes everybody and cognitive surplus, plus a host of articles and essays.
Cognitive surplus brings hope to the world february 15, 2019 july 31, 2019 riza khamal there are trillion hours of free time available in the world, according to clay shirky in his ted talk on how cognitive surplus will change the world, and then we hear people asking where the time goes. Shirky explained the power of peoples collective intelligence, creativity, and efforts or cognitive surplus and its ability to benefit the greater, societal good. Arguing that our collective free time is a resourcea cognitive surplusthat can be. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talk.
Creativity and generosity in a connected age, will seem quite. Cognitive surplus focuses on describing the free time that individuals have to engage. In his bestselling here comes everybody, internet guru clay shirky provided readers with a muchneeded primer for the digital age. Clay shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the. Nov 24, 2010 for me, clay shirkys cognitive surplus creativity and generosity in a connected age, possessed the power to stimulate my imagination, energize my creative thinking and require me to embrace the prospects for the possible, well beyond the boundaries i came to the book with. The point of departure for this, shirkys second book, is an unprecedented fact. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which. To wrap up, cognitive surplus has really made me think hard about how and why we share and to what end.
In shirkys prescient talk at tedglobal 2005 given in the era before facebook, if such a time can be imagined, he talks about how social media will allow for loose collaborative networks, where small contributors have big roles. He holds a joint appointment at new york university, as an. He has written about digital culture since the 1990s and is the author of two books, here. How technology makes consumers into collaborators is a 2010 nonfiction book by clay shirky, originally published in with the subtitle. Clay shirky is a digital activist, media theorist, writerinresidence and professor at nyu.
His newest book explores neurodiversity and the link between autism and genius. Creativity and generosity in a connected age is a 2010 nonfiction book by clay shirky. Cognitive surplus is a very narrowly defined book that offers up few thoughts of interest and mostly dwells on information that likely is already known by many using social media, or those like myself who have read a few books about the media, including some of the heavyweights mcluhan, boorstin, gleick, etc. The talk was titled, how cognitive surplus will change the world, and the possibility for change, which shirky presents, runs the spectrum at one end with communal value being increased and at the other. Cognitive surplus brings hope to the world riza khamal. Clays latest book is here comes everybody, about organizing without. Its one of those books that rewards long pauses between readings, so that you can internalize the information and observe some of the forces at work in. Creativity and generosity in a connected age is a fascinating look at how the internet is transforming our culture, providing new outlets for human potential in the past, we filled our free time with the tools at our disposal. The guardian published early june the list with the greatest nonfiction books. March 04, 2014 by jennifer dutcher cognitive surplus is building a better, more cooperative world. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirky s cognitive surplus. Jun 16, 2011 now, this is in essence the argument of here comes everybody, and cognitive surplus is, if you want to put it like this, here comes everybody 2.
And in june, shirky is publishing cognitive surplus. For me, clay shirkys cognitive surplus creativity and generosity in a connected age, possessed the power to stimulate my imagination, energize my creative thinking and require me to embrace the prospects for the possible, well beyond the boundaries i came to. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky computing and the net books. Prominent technology writer shirky journalism and interactive telecommunicationsnew york univ cognitive surplus. If you dont have time to read the book, go check out shirkys ted talk on the subject. How cognitive surplus will change the world free summary. Jane mcgonigal makes a similar observation in her epic ted talk on the. Clay shirky spoke at cannes in june as part of a ted talk, in which he expanded on the concept of cognitive surplus. Clay shirkys book tour collided with the ted conference in cannes earlier this month, and what you get is a crisp, minute precis of the arguments in shirkys new book, cognitive surplus. How cognitive surplus will change the world, shirkys 2010 ted talk.
Now, with cognitive surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. Terwijl we wikipedia editen, posten op ushahidi en ja, lolcats maken bouwen we aan een betere, meer cooperatieve wereld. Shirky does a great job making the case that a social technologies give us the capacity to. Clay shirkys cognitive surplus creativity and generosity. Yes, although if youve already read the wisdom of crowds james surowiecki and drive daniel pink, you wont find too many new ideas in shirkys book. How technology makes consumers into collaborators is a 2010 nonfiction book by clay shirky, originally published in with the subtitle creativity and generosity in a connected age. As followers of this blog may have noted, ive been reading clay shirkys new book, cognitive surplus, for the past few weeks. Shirky is the author of a string of books focused on the social impact of new media. About clay shirkys tedtalk the history of the modern world could read as a history.
As shirky points out, wikipedia was built out of roughly 1 percent of the manhours that americans spend watching tv every year. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, which mines adjacent territory. Feb 02, 2011 yes, although if youve already read the wisdom of crowds james surowiecki and drive daniel pink, you wont find too many new ideas in shirky s book. Clay shirky walks on stage and promptly strikes a power pose. Cognitive surplus look what can happen when we turn. At the very least it gives a good introduction into the writing of clay shirky. When clay shirky speaksat ted conferences, on twitter, at nyu, where he focuses on the nexus of internet and societypeople listen. Certainly a narrow reading of cognitive surplus might lead one to think that its simply more of the same case studies. Aug 08, 2010 much of cognitive surplus is a meditation on the mechanics of these groups how and why they form and stay together but shirkys analysis is too often abstruse and scattershot. Things i have learned from clay shirkys cognitive surplus. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky overdrive rakuten. Clay shirky and humanitys cognitive surplus by andy rice 21 july 2010 ever since we stopped watching so much television, mankind has a trillion extra hours a year and the tools to change. Cognitive surplus academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Clay shirkys here comes everybody was included in the politics section.
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