Somehow, I had not heard of Clay Shirky until today. He studies cultural changes and identifies sometimes positive, sometimes unsettling trends that we have already begun to experience. Below are links to two knock-your-socks-off lectures in which Shirky expounds upon his findings.
In the first one, Shirky discusses what he calls cognitive surplus. He suggests among other things, that a tiny decrease in the amount of time Americans watch television would free up enough free time for us to create a couple thousand Wikipedias a year.
In the second video from TED.com Shirky explores changes coming about due to technology and predicts that these transformations will shake many established institutions to the core in the coming years. Shirky says that this will have ramifications that we can’t imagine today. Fascinating stuff.
In the first one, Shirky discusses what he calls cognitive surplus. He suggests among other things, that a tiny decrease in the amount of time Americans watch television would free up enough free time for us to create a couple thousand Wikipedias a year.
In the second video from TED.com Shirky explores changes coming about due to technology and predicts that these transformations will shake many established institutions to the core in the coming years. Shirky says that this will have ramifications that we can’t imagine today. Fascinating stuff.
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