πŸ“š node [[2010 07 20 tv watching vs time to create wikipedia]]

layout: post title: TV watching vs. time to create Wikipedia created: 1279672433 link: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/cognitive-surplus-visualized/ categories:

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  • cognitive surplus
  • infographic
  • David McCandless
  • Clay Shirky
  • TV
  • Wikipedia

fromΒ informationisbeautiful.netΒ (via @MackFlavelle)

Just … wow. David McCandless visualizes a year of TV watching by US adults vs. 100 million hours to create Wikipedia, based around the Clay Shirky notion of cognitive surplus.

Now let's add the hours that kids spend watching TV, and what they might create.

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