Thursday, July 8, 2010

Surplus

In “How Cognitive Surplus Will Change the World” (TED), Clay Shirky discusses what happens when ancient human motivations—curiosity, creativity, civility—meet modern digital technologies. For a critique, see “Clay Shirky's Optimism” (The Chronicle). For a complication, see “Adrian Johns's ‘Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates’” (Washington Post).