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A brief overview of Shirkys Cognitive Surplus theory.

The surplus of the digital age.

Origin of theory.

Shirky points out that now thanks to digital technology and the internet, free time can be spent creatively, for example, contributing to a Wikipedia page, or creating lolcats, or sharing and uploading information like photos etc. onto social media sites, which connect and bring people together online.

In his book Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky believes that sitcoms and TV were the social lubricants that eased societies transition into a new post war world.

"The cumulative free time in the postwar United States began

to add up to billions of collective hours per year, even as picnics

and bowling leagues faded into the past. So what did we do with

all that time? Mostly, we watched TV." (Shirky, 2011, P.5.).

Clay Shirky:

Cognitive Surplus.

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world.

Clay Shirky is an internet expert who coined the term cognitive surplus, an idea that with online social networks and technologies, free time previously wasted on watching TV has now become a time where people can connect together and be creative.

His biography is available by following this link:

http://www.marketingshift.com/people/educators/clay-shirky.cfm

But in this prezi I will be concentrating on his idea of cognitive surplus, and what it means for a more rapidly evolving digital world.

Cognitive Surplus:

CREATIVITY AND GENEROSITY IN A CONNECTED AGE

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