He also brings up icanhascheezeburger, youtube, and aol as well, all of. How technology makes consumers into collaborators ebook written by clay shirky. 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. Micheal tiemann, vice president of open source affairs at red hat, moderated our october 2011 open your world forum webcast with clay shirky. Carter journalism institute and assistant arts professor in the new media focused graduate interactive telecommunications program itp. I just read clay shirky s latest book cognitive surplus. Is the book cognitive surplus by clay shirky worth reading. A brief overview of shirkys cognitive surplus theory. Access a free summary of cognitive surplus, by clay shirky and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Since we americans were suburbanized and educated by the postwar boom, weve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and timewhat shirky calls a cognitive. 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. While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi and yes, making lolcats, were building a better, more cooperative world.
Cognitive surplus is written by the author clay shirky. Cognitive surplus focuses on describing the free time that individuals have to engage. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Now, with cognitive surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will. 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. A word coined by former silicon alley reporter columnist clay shirky to describe the free time that people have on their hands to engage in collaborative activities. Author, teacher and activist, clay shirky, discusses the visionary insights of marshall mcluhan as well as his own ideas about the effects of new. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, published thursday by the penguin press. The first, obviously, is the worlds free time and talents. Read cognitive surplus how technology makes consumers into collaborators by clay shirky available from rakuten kobo. Customers who read this summary also read confident digital content. His previous book is called here comes everybody where he tackled the subject of the power of the web for groups to organize.
I always love clay shirkys insights into the internet culture. If you take wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of wikipedia, the whole project every page, eve. Social media guru clay shirky discusses how our small individual contributions to the web, can collectively help build a. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky overdrive rakuten. Clay shirky on internet issues facing newspapers youtube. He is an american consultant, writer, and teacher, and his specialty is the social and economic impact of internet technologies and journalism.
Aug 08, 2010 the time we might free up by ditching tv is shirkys cognitive surplus an ocean of hours that society could contribute to endeavors far more useful and fun than television. Our keynote speaker this year was clay shirky, writer, consultant, and teacher on new technology and social media. How technology makes consumers into collaborators kindle edition by clay shirky. If you take wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of wikipedia. Is professor shirky surfing a different web than the rest of us. Applies to real life summary south koreas public protest of us beef trentywagar vs gutenberg economics maxine hong kingston and a new platform for publishing work language lets us work at the right level of ambiguity. Cognitive surplus, clay shirky 9781594202537 youtube.
Cognitive surplus ebook by clay shirky 9781101434727. Cognitive surplus by clay shirky phil gyfords website. 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. The opensource world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like github so why cant governments. While were busy editing wikipedia, posting to ushahidi. Here are the bits that jumped out at me either made me think about something differently, put something vague into words, or seemed otherwise worth remembering. Creativity and generosity in a connected age, will seem quite. Clay shirky, a teacher at new york universitys interactive telecommunications program, posits that following world war ii, americans had a new found wealth of intellect and leisure time. Clay shirky 2010 chapter two means cognitive surplus. Creativity and generosity in a connected age and nicholas carrs the shallows. 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. The time we might free up by ditching tv is shirky s cognitive surplus an ocean of hours that society could contribute to endeavors far more useful and fun than television.
He teaches at the interactive telecommunications program at nyu and has been a. How technology makes consumers into collaborators on. The author of the breakout hit here comes everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. Is creating and sharing always a more moral choice than consuming. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirky s cognitive surplus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. March 04, 2014 by jennifer dutcher cognitive surplus is building a better, more cooperative world. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cognitive surplus.
Even the banal uses of our creative capacity posting youtube videos of kittens on treadmills or writing bloviating blog posts are still more creative and generous than. Jun 10, 2010 in his bestselling here comes everybody, internet guru clay shirky provided readers with a muchneeded primer for the digital age. How cognitive surplus will change the world clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. He is also a teacher at new york university, where he teaches new media at the interactive telecommunications program. Jul 22, 2010 what distinguishes cognitive surplus from the recent wave of digitalcheerleading books is its ability to show how the medium is wellsuited to serving social causes. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cognitive surplus. In cognitive surplus, internet guru clay shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all. 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. 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. Jul 08, 2012 over the last few months ive read some great books that have helped frame my thinking about how and why people produce, connect, share and learn. In this episode, peter and dan take a look at ten charts with updated.
Jun 11, 2010 this is a shift detailed in clay shirkys new book cognitive surplus. He teaches at the interactive telecommunications program at nyu and. What the internet is doing to our brains come marketed as oppositional. Cognitive surplus is a phrase coined by clay shirky, a yaleeducated writer and new york university department of journalism professor who teaches about the social and. Now, this is in essence the argument of here comes everybody, and cognitive surplus is, if you want to put it like this. The second part of the video can be found on the right hand side of the youtube page, in the suggestions list. Below is a youtube video which features clay shirky talking about cognitive surplus and the implications and impact of wikipedia. Clay shirky is the vice provost for educational technologies at new york university. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talks. Creativity and generosity in a connected age kindle edition by 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. Just one instance of one person solving a big problem and it globally spreads and we all have the benefit of that single mind. Jul 16, 2010 i just read clay shirkys latest book cognitive surplus. Now, that free time existed in the 20th century, but we didnt get ushahidi in the 20th century.
Now, with cognitive surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. How cognitive surplus will change the world youtube. If you give people a way to act on their desire for autonomy and competence or generosity and sharing, they might take you up on it, he notes. Things i have learned from clay shirkys cognitive surplus. Tiemann and shirky explored how the principles of open source are being applied to further advance our collective cognitive surplus. Today, technology has finally caught up with human potential. Jun 25, 2010 in cognitive surplus, his fantastic followup to here comes everybody, clay shirky explains what htadd can teach us about human communications. 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. What seemed a new channel for traditional media is actually changing it, shirky writes in cognitive surplus. 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. The book is an indirect sequel to shirky s here comes everybody, which covered the impact of social media.
So imagine my bewilderment as i listened to clay shirky argue, in his speech gin, television, and cognitive surplus, that gilligans island and web 2. And so i want to start posting some of the main points and what ive learned from them. Aug 23, 2016 just one instance of one person solving a big problem and it globally spreads and we all have the benefit of that single mind. Cognitive surplus download read pdf epub from the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirky s cognitive surplus. Access a free summary of here comes everybody, by clay shirky and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract.
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. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Clay shirky born 1964 is an american writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of internet technologies and journalism he has a joint appointment at new york university nyu as a distinguished writer in residence at the arthur l. Ive just started digging into clay shirky s latest book, cognitive surplus. From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirkys cognitive surplus.
Oct 02, 2009 clay shirky describes the changing news landscape that has put accountability journalism at risk, and outlines a journalistic ecosystem that is needed to preserve essential watchdog role of the. What distinguishes cognitive surplus from the recent wave of digitalcheerleading books is its ability to show how the medium is wellsuited to serving social causes. Clay shirky looks at cognitive surplus the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which. For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to. Shirky points out that now thanks to digital technology and the internet, free time can be spent creatively, for example, contributing to a wikipedia page, or creating lolcats. 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. Clay is a provocative new voice on all things internet. Its not a summary of the entire book, and i havent added my thoughts. How technology makes consumers into collaborators by clay shirky 20110531 clay shirky on. 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. In his bestselling here comes everybody, internet guru clay shirky provided readers with a muchneeded primer for the digital age. Dr carsten sorensen this event was recorded on 28 june 2010 in sheikh zayed theatre, new academic building for decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time.
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