That was incredible. Thanks for posting this, b/c I'm honestly sick and tired of hearing people say that they never have the time for aft, volunteering projects, research, etc, when they do and they just happen to be wasting it.
The part where he compared the media to a triatlon made me think of his talk about SOPA: "It turns out that we're not really couch potatoes. When given the chance we do like to create, remix and share."
@smartchikchick man i so wish that "aft, volunteering projects, research, etc," felt as fun & relaxing as how i waste time. it'd be awesome. and honestly, why not? why can't it be this way?
@Uncompetative i don't want to be presumptuous here. But do you think there are other brain-resting activities you could be doing instead of watching TV? Like playing a sport. Or giving someone a massage. Or doing art (eg: sculpture). I just don't want people to think that TV is their only option. i fear that it seems like the only option to many, simply because - as kids - we've been conditioned to see passive TV watching as normal and healthy. But is it?
@roidroid Your recommendations would suit someone who: a) Was competitive b) Didn't mind getting sweaty* c) Didn't mind getting oil on their hands d) Actually knew someone who was willing to be rubbed by them e) Hadn't already dropped out of a degree in Fine Art, hating phonies f) Didn't already know too much Art History / Theory to be able to "just paint" g) Wasn't the son of one of Henry Moore's assistants, see a) *and before you constructively suggest Swimming, I hate the water :-)
@RachaeBossier Actually, I spend most of my free time involved in my hobby, which is the research, design and implementation of a new programming language which I intend to make the foundation of some Open Source Middleware for video games and multi-media development. I could do nothing. It isn't as if I am being paid. However, I object to Clay Shirky's implication that I shouldn't be wasting time watching TV. He is making a pretty big assumption that I haven't already worn my brain out coding
@roidroid oh wow... that spelling mistake's been sitting here for over a year without getting corrected? Anyway... crafts, which I meant by "aft", is relaxing for me at least and I still maintain that anyone can learn something new and there's all kinds to learn. Plus, you can sell your work. Volunteering probably would be more relaxing if more people stepped up to it. For 6 months, I was the only volunteer at a public library and I had to quit because it just got to be too much for me.
I love it when there are no microphones in the audience, so whenever he cracks a joke and laughs, all you hear is him laughing and he seems like such a smug fucker.
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That was incredible. Thanks for posting this, b/c I'm honestly sick and tired of hearing people say that they never have the time for aft, volunteering projects, research, etc, when they do and they just happen to be wasting it.
A very charismatic speaker.
well this was one of the better predictions of the last decade
Excellent talk!
The part where he compared the media to a triatlon made me think of his talk about SOPA: "It turns out that we're not really couch potatoes. When given the chance we do like to create, remix and share."
@smartchikchick man i so wish that "aft, volunteering projects, research, etc," felt as fun & relaxing as how i waste time.
it'd be awesome.
and honestly, why not? why can't it be this way?
I can tell how many times I've been watching TV and seen something that I wanted to for example comment on but couldn't because it was TV.
@Uncompetative i don't want to be presumptuous here. But do you think there are other brain-resting activities you could be doing instead of watching TV?
Like playing a sport. Or giving someone a massage. Or doing art (eg: sculpture).
I just don't want people to think that TV is their only option. i fear that it seems like the only option to many, simply because - as kids - we've been conditioned to see passive TV watching as normal and healthy.
But is it?
I like watching trashy TV, it gives my brain a rest.
@roidroid Your recommendations would suit someone who:
a) Was competitive
b) Didn't mind getting sweaty*
c) Didn't mind getting oil on their hands
d) Actually knew someone who was willing to be rubbed by them
e) Hadn't already dropped out of a degree in Fine Art, hating phonies
f) Didn't already know too much Art History / Theory to be able to "just paint"
g) Wasn't the son of one of Henry Moore's assistants, see a)
*and before you constructively suggest Swimming, I hate the water
:-)
@RachaeBossier Actually, I spend most of my free time involved in my hobby, which is the research, design and implementation of a new programming language which I intend to make the foundation of some Open Source Middleware for video games and multi-media development.
I could do nothing. It isn't as if I am being paid.
However, I object to Clay Shirky's implication that I shouldn't be wasting time watching TV. He is making a pretty big assumption that I haven't already worn my brain out coding
@roidroid oh wow... that spelling mistake's been sitting here for over a year without getting corrected? Anyway... crafts, which I meant by "aft", is relaxing for me at least and I still maintain that anyone can learn something new and there's all kinds to learn. Plus, you can sell your work. Volunteering probably would be more relaxing if more people stepped up to it. For 6 months, I was the only volunteer at a public library and I had to quit because it just got to be too much for me.
I love it when there are no microphones in the audience, so whenever he cracks a joke and laughs, all you hear is him laughing and he seems like such a smug fucker.
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