Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Session: Politics As If Everybody Can Participate
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| Speakers: |
Clay Shirky |
| Date: | Monday, June 23, 2008 12:20 PM - 12:45 PM |
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| Location: | Rose Theater |
Notes
- Salim Ismailsalim
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Clay: PDF now happening with extraordinary interest in the tools, but that's not governance
- today I want to talk about what could/should happen... harnessing the power of these tools
- media is not just about telling what's going on, but can help act and coordinate
- barn-raising in communities hap ... - Ms, Kathy Gill
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
CLAY
most of the stories we have of real world collective action is for STOPPING action. protests. Why? Why is there so much focus on stoppages? It could be simply it's easier to stop things that start them.
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amt of starting and sustaining energy is astoundi ... - Robin Barrett
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Cognitive Surplus
People didn't know what to do with their free time after the Industrial Revolution freed up their time with mechanization. This didn't change much until the advent of TV in the 50's.
People spend an enormous amount of time watching tv and if only 1% of their time watching TV was us ... - Mr. John Breyault
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Cites the Belarus young people demonstrating against the police state using FlashMobs - eating ice cream, smiling, etc.
LA kids walking out of class to protest the immigration bill
Facebook organized protects against Canadian DMCA
Most of these campaigns are similar in that they rely on "stop energy" ... - David GalielDavid_Galiel
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
(Note by DavidGaliel, not jonmandell, sofware apparently reset after I changed author, don't blame jon for my editorial - galiel)
Andew's intro talked about Cognitive Surplus as a relatively new phenomena in human history, and how to use it constructively.
"Group action just got easier." Transaction ... - Mr Paul Downey on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate: Hillary Clinton launching her campaign online first is surely beyond comment? Barak Obama is in effect a community manager Barak Obama has 1,000,000 million Facebook friends round of applause Facebook supporters isn't an indicator of all supporters, Jon McCain may have more, real, supporters parti ...
- Phil Hawksworthphilhawksworth
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Clay Shirky
Two reasons to help with a barn raising: 1. I owe you something or 2. I want you to owe me something.
Here comes everybody.
"Group action just got easier"
The transaction cost has historically been high. In the web, we have tools that lower those transacion costs. This can help to transfo ... - Mr. Jordan Raynor
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Clay Shirky - Clay Shirky teaches at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and writes and consults on the design of social software.
COGNITIVE SURPLUS - when the industrial age came about, people didn't know what to do with all the extra time they had. It took 150 years for institutions like ... - Phil Whitehouse
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Good to see at least one photo made it through the Photography Police:
- Thirsy Mind
on Politics As If Everybody Can Participate:
Clay Shirkey
Politics as if everybody can participate
Thesis of the book: Group action just got easier. Transaction costs have been so high historically. Internet & mobile phones lowers transaction costs, so there’s an explosion.
Politics is not governance. Governing takes place away from th ...
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