TV is the Gin of the People

[andrewducker]

Clay Shirky talking about how we spend our free time. I don't necessarily agree that this is going to be a wholesale cultural change, but it's a fascinating set of thoughts anyway, and the figures on "hours society spends working on wikipedia" versus "hours society spends watching TV" are enlightening.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I liked that article, and can see how it can be applied to various phases of my life -- the Fremont Arts Council, Burning Man, zines. Using cognitive surplus to create, produce, and share.

But I think we're in danger of that cognitive surplus being eaten up in things like longer commutes and longer working hours.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

It was one of many interesting presentations at Web 2.0 this year...

[andrewducker]

Sadly, nobody is going to pay me to go to one of those...