Summary of a talk by Charles Leadbeater at the RSA on the 23rd April 2008 on the subject of his book “We Think – the power of mass creativity”.
Charles Leadbeater is an author and journalist, he has a website here.
In 50 words or less:
Is the Internet a really big deal for mankind? And if so is that a good or a bad thing? Charles Leadbeater believes the answers are yes and generally good, because new forms of collaboration allow us to imagine new ways to reconcile age-old conflicts such as “autonomy vs. authority”.
If you enjoy the annotated audio of this talk, please leave me a comment or raise a question – I love thinking about and discussing this stuff!
These are some principles I hold dear.
Have you read his book? ‘We Think’? It’s great, I read whilst on holiday last year.
It’s useful for anybody to read who wants to think about mass creativity, not just the web/tech industry.