Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky
The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better.In his bestselling Here Comes Everybody, Internet guru Clay Shirky provided readers with a much-needed primer for the digital age. Now, with Cognitive Surplus, he reveals how new digital technology is unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For the first time, people are embracing new media that allow them to pool their efforts at vanishingly low cost. The results of this aggregated effort range from mind-expanding reference tools like Wikipedia to life-saving Web sites like Ushahidi.com, which allows Kenyans to report acts of violence in real time. Cognitive Surplus explores what's possible when people unite to use their intellect, energy, and time for the greater good.
Clay Shirky spends his days advising, teaching, and writing about the social and economic implications of Internet technologies. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Era (2010) and Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (2008) are two of his latest books on the subject. At New York University, he holds a combined appointment as an associate arts professor in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and an associate professor in the journalism department. He was also the Edward R. Berkman Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and he was the Edward R. Berkman Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. In 2010, Murrow visited Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy as a Visiting Lecturer.
His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, and his TED Talks have been viewed by millions. He graduated from Yale. He currently resides in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143119586 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143119583 |
| Title | Cognitive Surplus |
| Author | Clay Shirky |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-05-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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