Highly recommend watching this talk by former Silicon Alley Reporter columnist Clay Shirky on the “cognitive surplus” and how we’ll put it to use.

Large-scale distributed work-force projects are impractical in theory, but doable in reality. http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2expo%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss&file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F862384%3Freferrer%3Dblip%2Etv%26source%3D1&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf