Clay Shirky on LOLCats and Cognitive Surplus
Loved this TED Talk by the well-known new media adviser Clay Shirky. He discusses the importance of Generative Technology and how it leads to both LOLCats and Ushahidi.
The new economics of user generated content requires an understanding of both economic and social incentives. I’m currently reading Yochai Benkler’s The Wealth of Networks, a text that underscores the huge implications these sorts of new incentives bear for tech policy.
