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Clay Shirky
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Festival of Ideas presents Clay Shirky – writer, theorist and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. Clay Shirky introduces and discusses ideas from his new book Our Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
30 Jun 2010
| Duration: | 1hour 33mins 57secs |
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Our Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
For decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time as passive consumers. Today, technology has finally caught up with human potential. In his new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, Clay Shirky examines the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last.
Since the post-war boom, we’ve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time - a cognitive surplus. Shirky argues that this cognitive surplus - rather than being some strange new departure from normal behaviour - actually returns our society to forms of collaboration that were natural to us up to and through the early 20th century. He also charts the vast effects that our cognitive surplus, aided by new technologies will have on 21st century society, and how we can best exploit those effects.
Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, where he researches the interrelated effects of social and technological networks. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Times, Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0, Wired, and he is a regular keynote speaker at tech conferences. He is the author of the books Here Comes Everybody and Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
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Tweets from Festival Of Ideas: Clay Shirky
nigellegg Due to #foishirky talk, #bristol #smday will be in Watershed Cafe Bar from around 7:30 on wednesday. Come along for a chat if you're in town
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Here's a detailed review of Clay Shirky's new book from the Boston Review. Shirky in Bristol 30/6 (sold out). is.gd/
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Blogs on RSA event with @cshirky @RSAEvents: ow.ly/
CornerhouseMcr hello bristol from Manchester! #foishirky
jadeanson Hello from Manchester! #foishirky
whalemeetsrat Surplus to what? What is he distinguishing this sort of activity from? #foishirky
clarered Any questions for @cshirky? Will be feeding in the twitter questions on the #foishirky tag from the stage in a minute...
CornerhouseMcr collective clap clap clap clap from Manchester #foishirky
m1ke_ellis Chris Anderson should change his name from Chris Anderson to...something other than Chris Anderson. To, you know, avoid confusion #foishirky
clarered From @CornerhouseMcr on skype: overpopulation & cognitive surplus - what will landscape be like after peak cognitive production? #foishirky
m1ke_ellis "Is IT a special case when it comes to networked collaboration?" - interesting point from @cshirky #foishirky
rla1981 RT @m1ke_ellis: "Is IT a special case when it comes to networked collaboration?" - interesting point from @cshirky #foishirky
billt Enjoying #foishirky enormously - some good qus from here and Manchester and entertaining answers and anecdata - a fine evening entertaiment
clarered Q from @StephenHilton Cognitive surplus is not globally equal. Is the concept culturally bound? Is it inevitable it will spread? #foishirky
Domicus many examples of cognitive surplus spreading from non-western societies - global uptake through mobile phone usage #foishirky
MRKANGAROOSTA RT @billt: Enjoying #foishirky enormously - some good qus from here and Manchester and entertaining answers and anecdata - a fine evening entertaiment
jadeanson #foishirky clap clap clap from Manchester
chrissyhammond We are tweeting our applause from Manchester. CLAP CLAP CLAP thank you #foishirky
clarered Really enjoyed @cshirky. Great thoughts from #foishirky and @CornerhouseMcr (best integration we've done i think). Video on @dshed soon.
Rhodos Excellent thought provoking talk @wshed. Now, how can bristol benefit from crowd sourcing? Answers on a postcard pls... #foishirky
planoma #foishirky was great. Lots of inspiration to change ideas into actions from Mr @cshirky...if only I stopped wasting my time on Twitter
mzstudio Almost a quarter of MZ went to hear thoughts from the legend that is Clay Shirky last night, great event well done FOI #foishirky
FestivalofIdeas RT @mzstudio: Almost a quarter of MZ went to hear thoughts from the legend that is Clay Shirky last night, great event well done FOI #foishirky
tomabba still buzzing from the #foishirky talk last night, now off to pitch to a UWE Dragon's Den panel. Can't decide whether this is a good thing..
AgathaSlugg RT @Rhodos: Excellent thought provoking talk @wshed. Now, how can bristol benefit from crowd sourcing? Answers on a postcard pls... #foishirky
AgathaSlugg RT @clarered: Really enjoyed @cshirky. Great thoughts from #foishirky and @CornerhouseMcr (best integration we've done i think). Video on @dshed soon.
Domicus RT @clarered: Really enjoyed @cshirky. Great thoughts from #foishirky and @CornerhouseMcr (best integration we've done i think). Video on @dshed soon.
vicious_chicken On the upside, I am cheered by the great possibilities of our cognitive surplus. Interesting stuff from #foishirky. Create, tweeple; create!
dshed RT @clarered: Really enjoyed @cshirky. Great thoughts from #foishirky and @CornerhouseMcr (best integration we've done i think). Video on @dshed soon.
PMStudioUK RT @clarered: Really enjoyed @cshirky. Great thoughts from #foishirky and @CornerhouseMcr (best integration we've done i think). Video on @dshed soon.
indigochameleon
Great video on motivation, engagement and rewards. ow.ly/
Domicus
Guardian blog post defending TV from Shirky attack gu.com/
