Cognitive Surplus

For decades, technology encouraged us to squander our time and as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus, Clay Shirky examines the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last.

Since the postwar boom, we''ve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time - a "cognitive surplus." Shirky argu...