Clay Shirky--- How Cognitive surplus will change the world

Cognitive surplus, or the ability of a person to do generous acts without any form of reward to come, will change the community of the future and help the advancement of civic ability. Shirky is very thorough in his explanations of different studies and the definitions of terms he uses of importance. He uses pictures and statistics from different studies to prove many of his points. Many experiences and actual stories are cited to provide explanation for his theories, and explains them all in great depth. The human willingness to do acts of generosity towards other humans without a chance of reward is something that fluxes with the times, and will become very important to the success of the future. Teaching children to act kindly and share with others is often a skill emphasized by elementary schools and is an important skill for generation of the future of possess. The future cannot succeed without those willing to act kindly on another’s behalf even without reason, because relationships between people that are strictly business would become the new interactions without some generosity, and are too constricting and limited in what they can provide for the future.