Clay Shirky TED Talk Response

            I don't take away too much from this video. The only thing was the idea that the world has a lot of free time and we could get a lot done if we just use the time we have. Perhaps he is saying that instead of sitting and reading or being on our computers at home we should get up and be creative. Other than that the presenter was a bit confusing with the topics he spoke about. Going off of that, Shirky's effective speaking techniques were the use of photos to illustrate and further demonstrate his topic. Shirky did not have a very effective presentation style. I was confused on how he wishes we should spend our free time. Should we get up from what we are doing and make a robot or invention? I didn't know what the point of his TED Talk was until after the end. I had a vague idea toward the middle but his presentation style left me confused. The point that we all need to work together and be generous to one another matters from the video. I thought it was interesting when Shirky said, "The gap is between doing anything and doing nothing." (Not word for word). This point matters because there is a big difference between doing something stupid and doing nothing at all. No matter what we do it could help the world  in some way. This video connects to me personally in a few ways. For instance I will now think about what I'm doing more and think about what else I could be doing in order to make the world a better place. This video could connect to education to show how else we could be spending our classroom time to better help the world. This video connects to the world because it shows how we can help everyone around us and be generous.