Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
Clay
discusses the generosity of a group of programmers that created Ushahidi, a
crisis mapping system after a woman posted on her blog there was too much
information for one person to go through manually. The programmers
understood what the problem was and how to fix it. They did not
charge for this program
and provided it to others through an open source model.
There
are people that have intrinsic motivation to create things for others to use
and share. We see these today in applications like Moodle and in the
creation of free learning tools on-line.
Free
cultures and people in those cultures have many choices and in those choices we
must figure out what we celebrate and pass on to those we influence. We can celebrate television and make it more
important then education. On the other
hand we can celebrate science, technology, and education.
Leadership
is complicated, in our current environment, and many external factors influence
one’s ability fully celebrate what should be celebrated and rewarded.
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