Join the global village

Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Join the global village

Harvard professor Puttnam observed that social trends were leading to an increasingly disconnected and passive consumer, who went to the bowling alley alone, as he was no longer a social creature.

Ahern needn’t have let such dark thoughts distract; in Cognitve Surplus, a striking and accessible book, Clay Shirky asserts that our collective future is rich and ripe, full of new forms of collaboration.

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