Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time Part 2

Clay Shirky discussing Web 2.0, wikipedia, technology.

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  Science & Technology

[winterwortle]

I don't think he's saying that TV time is wasted. What he is saying is that if we carved out a bit of the time we set aside for such activities and pour that time and that cognitive surplus into producing, creating, and sharing, we'll be better off. Which is exactly what you're doing. He isn't advocating pulling the TV plug here, he's simply saying there's a cognitive surplus that people like you are filling with other activities as well as TV.

[ingsve]

I can tell how many times I've been watching TV and seen something that I wanted to for example comment on but couldn't because it was TV.

[timeofwonder2009]

Excellent talk!

[Brian Davidson]

He says basically "This doesn't mean we won't spend time watching Scrubs on the couch, but that we'll do it less."

[Brian Davidson]

That one episode where they almost get off the island but Gilligan messed it up? Isn't that like every episode?

[moehese]

I love it when there are no microphones in the audience, so whenever he cracks a joke and laughs, all you hear is him laughing and he seems like such a smug fucker.

[Lotta Kojonen]

A very charismatic speaker.

[mike hennessy]

What kind of jizzmonger dislikes this?

[genegenegene1]

FOUND IT!!!!

[eagles980]

Is it just me, or does this guy look like a bald Tom Hanks? Interesting topic, though.

[Grant Borthwick]

I definitely enjoy being able to interact with media. But if this interaction is a meaningless commercial thing, I prefer to not interact directly with it, but instead with friends.

An interactive version of television could easily enthrall users. Unless it is able to actually facilitate meaningful interaction between users, I want nothing to do with it.