Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody
Fascinating article by Clay Shirky about society, free-time, human nature, and television.
- Web Address: http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html
- Short Name: twokikunisc
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Short Link: http://ma.gnolia.com/twokikunisc
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Tags: sociology, history, tv, thought provoking, media
- Saved by Bob Maguire on April 28, 2008.
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Sarah | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody |
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Transcript of Clay Shirky's talk at Web 2.0 on some of the ideas in his book <i>Here Comes Everybody</i>. Fascinating ideas about "cognitive surplus" and how society as a whole spends its time and brain power. Technology and m... |
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Brynn | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody |
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This is a short transcript of Clay Shirky's speech given at the Web 2.0 expo (2008). |
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gparmer | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody |
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luxagraf | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus |
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May 9, 2008 |
<p>Transcript of Clay Shirky's recent talk at the Web 2.0 conference. Fascinating read.</p> <blockquote> <p>I was recently reminded of some reading I did in college, way back in the last century, by a British historian argui... |
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dang | Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody |
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May 8, 2008 |
assume that media includes consuming, producing and sharing |
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May 1, 2008 |
A really interesting and well-written account by Clay Shirky about the effects of gin, television and now social technologies on the world in terms of a supposed "cognitive surplus". This is an edited speech given in support his n... |
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April 28, 2008 |
If I had to pick the critical technology for the 20th century, the bit of social lubricant without which the wheels would've come off the whole enterprise, I'd say it was the sitcom. Starting with the Second World War a whole seri... |
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April 27, 2008 |
Clay Shirky's take on the excess time represented by the death of the sitcom and the rise of participatory culture |
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