Digital Imagination

I read a great blog post yesterday about “Society’s Cognitive Surplus.” In the article, Clay Shirkey posits that Americans wastes about the equivalent of 1,000,000 wikipedia projects (not pages mind you, the entire volume of the site) per year watching television.  It also points out that media producers need to beware, as future generations are becoming more attracted to the internet as a means of entertainment.

This is not news. The new media, the internet, provides a way for people to not only be entertained, but to provide feedback and be part of a community or project. The great thing about the internet is that most sites offer in some way, shape or form the ability for you to provide input.

Now, it’s no secret that I’m a geek. I love my computer(s), not because I love tinkering around with them (which I d0), but because of the very fact that they’re interactive. I can communicate with other people, build something to show the world, spout off my demented opinions in my blog or watch other fascinating people on youtube. It provides me with a constant data feed that keeps my mind active. To me, computers are a heck of a lot more entertaining than the television.

So I guess I’m not a geek after all… I’m a revolutionary.