Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Clay Shirky

ISBN 10: 1846142172 / ISBN 13: 9781846142178

Published by Allen Lane, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846142172
• ISBN 13: 9781846142178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Book by Clay Shirky

About the Author

Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, where he researches the interrelated effects of our social and technological networks. He has consulted with a variety of groups working on network design, including Nokia, the BBC, Newscorp, Microsoft, BP, Global Business Network, the Library of Congress, the U.S. Navy, the Libyan government, and Lego. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Times (of London), Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0, and Wired. Kevin Foley has over thirty years' experience in radio and television broadcasting, commercial voice-overs, and audiobook narration. He has recorded over 150 audiobooks, including Storm Rising by Gary Naiman, 100 Ways to Bring Out Your Best by Roger Fritz, The Last Witness by Joel Goldman, and River Thunder by Gary McCarthy, for which he earned a Spur Award for Best Audiobook from the Western Writers of America. He has also won an Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine for his narration of Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky.