27A - Reading Reflection No.3

Cognitive Surplus - Clay Shirky
1) The general theme of cognitive surplus starts out with the concept that we have 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours to ourselves. It is a concept that has stemmed from the industrial revolution and has allowed more time to ourselves. In the modern era, many more people are working in different ways than we have in the past which is allowing us more free time. And generally speaking, most of us do not know how to spend that free time and put it towards something meaningful.
2) This book connected with me by demonstrating that most behavior is accomplished through motive, opportunity and means. It resonates with what is taught in the class because the class emphasizes acting upon certain means such as social networks to reach a specific audience of people.
3)If I were to design an exercise for the class based on this book, I would have people total up the number of hours daily they have for themselves. Next, I would have them create a system where they can spend those hours in the smartest way so that they can get fulfillment out of doing so.
4) The "Aha" moment for me, was a confirmational thing, where I saw that productivity increased as a natural sense of fulfillment increased as well. Spending free time with fulfilling things to do is correlated with being more productive and happier in other aspects of one's life.

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  1. Rochelle LiebermanJuly 29, 2019 at 10:58 AM

    Hi Jason, interesting reading reflection! I never thought of the hours of a day in this way, so it is interesting to hear that way of thinking. While I feel like this is an accurate depiction of what a day should look like, I feel like a lot of people spend some of their free time doing work. Your exercise seems interesting and it would be a good way to see how people spend their days. Thanks for sharing!

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