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From here, via boingboing:

And this is the other thing about the size of the cognitive surplus we're talking about. It's so large that even a small change could have huge ramifications. Let's say that everything stays 99 percent the same, that people watch 99 percent as much television as they used to, but 1 percent of that is carved out for

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[huskyscooter]

Thank you very much for sharing that Brandon. One of the great things about this new "industrial revolution" is the sharing, and I can always count on you to do so.

That story about the 4 year old particularly struck me. I've often felt throughout the last 10 years or so that I have an advantage over older co-workers in that I'm so used to things changing that when they do I accept them more readily. For example, youtube comes out, and I don't have to wonder how I'll use it, I immediately start using it. But that 4 year old, a full generation younger than me, is even further along than that. She's not waiting for someone else to produce something. She's looking to create. Now, if I can just always recall that lesson that the young have value for their creating, I will have gained a small measure of wisdom.