I normally really enjoy TED talks and can relate to or understand them in many ways. However to be completely honest, I could not relate to let alone understand Clay Shirky's talk. He skipped around ideas a lot which got me very confused and lost. Also, he did not seem very passionate about his topic. TED talks are supposed to be about something you really believe in or an idea that you really want to spread, but I could not even decifer what the purpose of his talk was.
The only idea that even slightly caught my attention throughout his whole lecture was "The stupidest possible crative act is still a creative act. They are still putting something out in the world... It's better to do something than nothing." I think the idea around this quote is good, but the way he worded it made it sound a little harsh.
The one theme that I could sort of pull out of this talk is civic value is more important that communal value. But that goes against everything we have been talking about so far. A Whole New Mind is constantly talking about how important it is to include creativity in everything we do these days in order to be successful. However, Clay's TED talk seemed to be about how civic value, or factual information, is more important and useful these days than communal value. It was a rather frustrating speech to listen to after all we have been focusing on and studying about.
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