Are we making Lolcats or Ushahidi
Posted on August 10, 2010 by MillerNo Comments
I saw this great TED talk by Clay Shirky recently about how we’re starting to have a cognitive surplus in the world and shifting from a society based on consumption to one that is starting to be about creation, production and sharing. According to Shirky, the earth has about 1 trillion hours of downtime per year and the question is what newly empowered masses of people will do with the opportunities presented by digital technology. Will we make LOLcats or more versions of Ushahidi?
Tags: cognative surplus, downtime, lolcats, sharing, social media, TED, ushahidi
Filed Under: Big Ideas
