Clay Shirky is slap in the middle of my radar right now, which is how I came across this work of genius.
Nutshell: TV has sucked up most of the time you'd otherwise have been using to create things you care about.
I think I spend my cognitive surplus right about here and here.
And it results in stuff like this.
Bet Clay doesn't watch much TV...
Great minds think alike! It was only yesterday I blogged Clay :)
ReplyDeleteIf anyone wants to buy this book, there is a shortcut via this link:
http://www.jonathanmacdonald.com/?p=635
I'd second that book purchase recommendation.
ReplyDeleteShirky just makes fantastic connections. I used to think I could do this but I am not worthy. Thanks for the link.
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