Iets doen of niets doen, een groot verschil. Over het belang van 'lolcats'.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 9:07AM Wired berichtte vorige week over een verhaal van een van mijn favoriete denkers en schrijvers Clay Shirky op de Wired Business Conference.
NEW YORK — Clay Shirky believes LOL Cats serve an important purpose in society: they help people cross the gulf between doing nothing and doing something.
“Whoever’s made a LOL cat has already crossed that gulf,” he told an audience at the 2010 Wired Business Conference. “Someone has taken a cute cat and made it cuter by adding a cute caption and shared it with the world,” he said.
Yes, it’s a stupid act, but it’s still a creative act. The leap from do nothing to doing something is the biggest.
Shirky believes cognitive surplus has been revolutionary for society. It has led to an explosion of novel breakthroughs in science, literature, art, politics, and “lots and lots of LOL cats,” he said.
Over samenwerken, dat zo makkelijk is geworden door internet. Over de grote optelsom van kleine bijdragen. Over het belang van 'lolcats'. Een fragment van zijn verhaal.
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