While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi and yes, making lolcats, were. This brainy book, with its fascinating historical and scientific references, illuminates a central aspect of 21st century life what people are doing on the internet actively and jointly with the thinking time they used to spend watching tv passively and alone and enables readers to see this slice of human. During the arab spring, for example, we saw protesters. Cognitive surplus is written by the author clay shirky. Gin, television, and cognitive surplus a talk by clay shirky, 82108, edge essay. What the internet is doing to our brains come marketed as oppositional. Clay shirky is todays leading voice on the social and economic impact of internet technologies. In his latest book, his aim is to show how our cognitive surplus all that time spent looking at funny youtube videos can be converted into something useful. How the internet will one day transform government free. The author of the breakout hit here comes everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. In cognitive surplus, clay shirky examines the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last. For decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time and as passive consumers. 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.
The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which covered the impact of social media. 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. Tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. March 04, 2014 by jennifer dutcher cognitive surplus is building a better, more cooperative world. Shirkys ted talk on the way citizens participate in. Both grew up in midwest university towns in the 1970s, where they spent their formative years watching television after school and at night. Since we americans were suburbanized and educated by the postwar boom, weve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time what shirky calls a cognitive. We have likely always had a desire to create content whether it be for our own enjoyment or. In this quick and thoughtprovoking read, internet guru clay shirky writes about the effect that the internet is having on our society. Jane mcgonigal makes a similar observation in her epic ted talk on the. 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. Being a cheerleader for new media and this book rings, among other things, the deathknell for the archaic understanding that media. His previous book is called here comes everybody where he tackled the subject of the power of the web for groups to organize.
Since we americans were suburbanized and educated by the postwar boom, weve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and timewhat shirky calls a cognitive. Gin, television, and social surplus clay shirky, this is a lightly edited transcription of a speech i gave at the web 2. Creativity and generosity in a connected age by clay shirky is due out june 10 from penguin. Clay shirky, author of the just released here comes everybody. How cognitive surplus will change the world youtube. 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. The western cold war attitude has spawned a delusion about the power of information spreading to topple authoritarian regimes. Television became a kind of universal parttime job, and sitcoms and soap operas. Using behavioural research, the optimistic author insists people are far less driven by money and selfinterest than weve. Clay shirky, as youve probably figured out, writes a lot about the internet and how technology has helped create this space for mass collaboration. How social media can make history clay shirky teded. Clay shirky speaker simply life india speakers bureau. In his bestselling here comes everybody, internet guru clay shirky provided readers with a muchneeded primer for the digital age. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which.
Creativity and generosity in a connected age by clay shirky book for free hello fellow readers. Is the book cognitive surplus by clay shirky worth reading. 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. Summary throughout history, each new communications medium be it the printing press, the telegraph, the television or the internet has promised, but as yet failed, to deliver world peace.
I always love clay shirkys insights into the internet culture. Weve got this time because, as shirky would say, weve woken up. Creativity and generosity in a connected age and nicholas carrs the shallows. How social media can make history ted talk 28 message that they want to get out to anywhere in the world. The power of organizing without organizations, nyu professor and internet guru clay shirky continues his exploration of the ways groups are now successfully using new media and communication tools and the vast potential of these applications. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, shirky, clay anyone who can use lolcats to make a relevant and provocative intellectual point is worth paying attention to. For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to. Creativity and generosity in a connected age by clay shirky charles arthur learns of the public and civic benefits to be gained from organising on the internet charles arthur. Anyone who can use lolcats to make a relevant and provocative intellectual point is worth paying attention to. In a fascinating ted talk, shirky examines the impact that collaboration tools developed for and by open source communities will have on the way citizens participate in public life and how they can steer the political processes. Films media group ted conferences llc clay shirky looks at cognitive surplusthe shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles.
The western cold war attitude has spawned a delusion about the power of information spreading. Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. Response clay shirky accurately portrays the importance of his idea of cognitive surplus in a global standard, by illustrating the uses of the idea through technology and human generosity. This talk was presented at an official ted conference, and was featured by our. In this book, the author explains what allows us to use our cognitive surplus, the kinds of contribution we can create and how we can improve the odds of a good social media. Clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talk overall overall cgnitive for anyone who wants to understand the social media and mass collaboration phenomenon. Clay shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the. The power of organizing without organizations speaking at harvard law schools austin hall on feb. Clay shirky on new book here comes everybody youtube. 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.
Social media guru clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. You probably read something about it in the papers. The end of topdown control of news is changing the nature of politics. While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi and yes, making lolcats, were building. While news from iran streams to the world, clay shirky shows how facebook, twitter and txts help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors however briefly. Clays latest book is here comes everybody, about organizing without organizations. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, shirky, clay. 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. Now, with cognitive surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. He defines cognitive surplus as the shared work we do online with our. 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. Obviously, shirky establishes his ideas about cognitive surplus, by explaining its definition, and how it will come to change the world. Things i have learned from clay shirkys cognitive surplus.
Cognitive surplus is a manifesto for whats next or what ought to be. What im learning from clay shirkys cognitive surplus. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirkys cognitive surplus. Heres a transcript of his talk clays latest book is here comes everybody, about organizing without organizations. Clay shirky is a professor at new york university, a social media expert and an author. 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. 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. May 01, 2008 clay shirky gave a really great keynote talk about cognitive surplus last week at web 2. 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. You have javascript disabled for the best experience, please turn javascript on.
Cognitive surplus summary by clay shirky overdrive. 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. How cognitive surplus will change the world, shirkys 2010 ted talk. How cognitive surplus will change the world free summary by. Mar 05, 2008 clay shirky, author of the just released here comes everybody. Thats the premise of clay shirky, an author, professor, data science guru, and presenter of the popular ted talk sopapipa external link that.
To wrap up, cognitive surplus has really made me think hard about how and why we share and to what end. Nov 07, 2015 in clay shirky s cognitive surplus, he attributes the internets popularity and success to its role as a platform for content creation, shifting our part in media participation from consumer to collaborator. Jun 29, 2010 tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference, where the worlds leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. How cognitive surplus will change the world free summary. 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. Shirky begins the book talking about london in the 1720s. Lets nominate the process of making a lolcat as the stupidest possible creative act. 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. In the past, we filled our free time with the tools at our disposal.
For clay shirky, social networking is both a massive waste of time the 21stcentury equivalent of watching bad tv and a potential source of community, creativity and civic value. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirky s cognitive surplus. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, gives us a rational, optimistic, and grand view of what the internet is doing to us, how its happening, and what it means. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talks. The history of the modern world could read as a history of ways of arguing, social media guru clay shirky says. The author of the breakout hit here comes everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. In clay shirkys cognitive surplus, he attributes the internets popularity and success to its role as a platform for content creation, shifting our part in media participation from consumer to collaborator. While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi and yes, making lolcats, were building a better, more cooperative world. Clay shirky gave a really great keynote talk about cognitive surplus last week at web 2. While news from iran streams to the world, clay shirky shows how facebook, twitter, and txts help citizens in repressive regimes report on real news, bypassing censors however briefly. This is something that had never registered for me until i began to read shirkys book. Clay shirkys ted talk on how cellphones, twitter, facebook can make history. This spring at the ted headquarters in new york, he gave an impassioned talk. Considered one of the finest thinkers on the internet revolution, shirky provides an insightful and optimistic view of networks, social software and technologys effects on society.
This spring at the ted headquarters in new york, he gave an impassioned talk against sopapipa that saw 1 million views in 48 hours. Jul 08, 2012 to wrap up, cognitive surplus has really made me think hard about how and why we share and to what end. Clay shirky how cognitive surplus will change the world. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, will seem quite. This is something that had never registered for me until i began to read shirky s book. He is also a teacher at new york university, where he teaches new media at the interactive telecommunications program. Clay shirky and daniel pink have led eerily parallel lives. And i want to illustrate that by telling a couple of stories about that transformation. If you dont have time to read the book, go check out shirkys ted talk on the subject.
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. 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. Visually, this presentation consists mainly of shirkys talking head and a few graphics to illustrate his points. As protests in iran exploded over the weekend, we decided to. Whilst short, it gives you a good sense of what it all means, and the potential of it. Creativity and generosity in a connected age explains the concept of cognitive surplus in detail. Access a free summary of how cognitive surplus will change the world, by clay shirky and 20000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. While were busy contributing to the web in our small ways, were building. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. Weve got this time because, as shirky would say, weve woken up from a collective sitcom bender and now. According to shirky, now we have the means, motives and opportunities to do that, and this free time, plus new media is what clay shirky defines as cognitive surplus. Since the postwar boom, weve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time a cognitive surplus. Shirky is an adjunct professor in new york university.