Cognitive Surplus and Reclaimed Wastewater
I think the idea of participation being significantly increased on the web is an interesting argument. I know that personally consume much more information than participate on social media, online articles or blogs. While the internet does give more opportunity…
Cognitive Surplus and College Alcoholism
I really enjoyed reading the first chapter of “Gin, Television, and Cognitive Surplus”, because it really applied to my public issue, College Alcoholism. I never knew about the Gin phenomena that occurred in London in the 1720s, so it was…
Cognitive Surplus and Charter Schools
I found this idea of the shifting of cognitive surplus to be very interesting. Looking back at history, you can see how people are now changing the way they utilize their free time. Shirky argues that people are using their…
Cognitive Surplus and Football Technology
The “Cognitive Surplus” article presented a nice approach to explaining how people, historically, have used their free time. In the past, it explains, people spent their time drinking. Other generations spent their time watching television. Our generation, however, spends it…
Online Privacy and Cognitive Surplus
The chapter on cognitive surplus addressed some very interesting trends in recent society. I think that most of us can relate to the obsession with television with the introduction of Netflix instant streaming. With instant streaming you have the ability…
Cognitive Surplus and Dyslexia
According to Shirkey, ‘Cognitive Surplus’ is the way people spend their excess time. He claims humans are inclined to do any of these three things: “people like to consume…like to produce, and to share.” Essentially, since time began we spent our…
Cognitive Surplus and ILoveCollege
I found the Cognitive Surplus article very interesting. Cognitive surplus is the extra time people have and the ways they spend it. In the 1720s London spent this extra time drinking lots and lots of gin. When television came out,…
Veterans and Cognitive Surplus
While browsing Indiegogo, I found many “Veterans Helping Veterans” initiatives. It was a lot harder to find campaigns geared specifically towards helping homeless veterans. There were many that were geared towards the homeless population in general, so that is encouraging….
Litter and Cognitive Surplus
I think the concept of cognitive surplus is interesting because we are witnessing it over the years whether we realize it or not. As technology advances, new ways to do things are being born and in turn, it changes our…
Cognitive Surplus and Child Obesity
Cognitive surplus is the phenomenon now occurring in the United States when Americans have extra time on their hands due to increased technology. Sometimes people use this extra time for activities such as watching TV for hours and hours. However,…
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