Clay Shirky Ted Talk

While watching this talk I learned that somethimes there is too much for people to do and that it takes computers to help get the information out to the public. However, it took people to make the computers that could process and share the information. I also learned that when the world us idle, that things can still happen because of collaboration and sharing. Another thing I learned was that people can completely change the way people act based on the possible outcomes. The test on the daycare fines showed that, when people could pay to be late they would rather pay to spend more time at work than be controlled by their schedule. The speaker's effective speaking techinques were almost impossible to find if there were any at all. He used real world examples but they weren't interesting. He didn't do a good job of engaging the audience because there was no room for their interaction. I felt like it was just him standing there reciting something from memory, the whole presentation was very stiff and boring. I had a hard time figuring out what he point he was trying to get across to the audience. I think he was trying to be casual but he didn't really give off that feeling. I think that the most important facts from this talk are that information can be open to all or just to the people who are putting it in. This could help people in education because if there was a developing topic then everyone could get the information if they wanted to. The same thing goes for the world, if there is a   situation that people want to learn about then they could without actually having to go to the area and into potential harm. He gave the example of Ushahidi and wallcats and how they are created for communal and civic benefits respectivley. If we could make something that could be created by few for the benefit of all then that woul be a way to apply his ideas.