# How cognitive surplus will change the world

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@Cannes
- Speaker: Clay Shirky
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online 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.

## Lectures

1. [How cognitive surplus will change the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world/18fbd7951921), 13 min (TED's player)