{"id":3944,"date":"2010-08-22T05:25:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2010-08-22T05:25:36","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T09:25:36","slug":"clay-shirky-how-cognitive-surplus-will-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/3944\/clay-shirky-how-cognitive-surplus-will-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Shirky &#8211; How Cognitive Surplus Will Change The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--copy and paste--><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/ClayShirky_2010S-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/ClayShirky-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=896&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world;year=2010;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;event=TED%40Cannes;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n&#8220;Clay Shirky looks at &#8216;cognitive surplus&#8217; &#8212; the shared, online work we  do with our spare brain cycles. 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