Fairly Conservative

I gave up believing in coincidences a long time ago. Now, if I meet someone interesting, especially if they keep showing up, I ask, “why am I supposed to know you?” I realize that’s the case with Damiano, my travel mate coming home from Morocco. He has the video above posted on his Web site Nitmesh and firmly suggested I watch it. I did.

The speech by Clay Shirky is more than one of Oprah’s “ah-hah” moments. It’s a convergence, a synthesis, of everything to this point. His concepts of the next wave being “consuming, producing, sharing,” and the recognition of “cognitive surplus” combined with something a neighbor believes about niche marketing gave me an idea that I can’t shake.

It’s pretty darn exciting.

Let me know if the speech does anything for your imagination.