How cognitive surplus will change the world

Clay sums up his argument powerfully with the following statement:

What’s going to make the difference here is what Dean Kamen said, the inventor and entrepreneur. Kamen said, “Free cultures get what they celebrate.” We’ve got a choice before us. We’ve got this trillion hours a year. We can use it to crack each other up, and we’re going to do that. That, we get for free. But we can also celebrate and support and reward the people trying to use cognitive surplus to create civic value. And to the degree we’re going to do that, to the degree we’re able to do that, we’ll be able to change society.