Nicholas Carr:The Shallows

In this interview, Nick discusses his new book "The Shallows"

and whether the Internet is making us trite.

Clay Shirky: How social media can make history

Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs

help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news,

bypassing censors (however briefly).

The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.

Clay Shirky: How Cognitive Surplus will change the world

Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" --

the shared, online (generous) work we do with our spare brain cycles.
While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats),
we're building a better, more cooperative world.