Cognitive Surplus - Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Reviews:Since the postwar boom, we've had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time - a 'cognitive surplus'. This title argues that this cognitive surplus - rather than being some strange new departure from normal behavior - actually returns our society to forms of collaboration that were natural to us up to and through the early 20th Century.

The author of }Here Comes Everybody{ examines how technology has caught up with human potential, and how our 'cognitive surplus' - the surfeit of intellect, energy and time - can be exploited for everyone's benefit.