Monday, December 6, 2010

The concept of cognitive surplus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7ZpWecIS8

As you enjoy Clay Shirky's comments think of the application of "cognitive surplus" to health care in general, and specifically to drug development.
Only a very small fraction of the 1 trillion hours / year that are available for contribution is more than collective quantity of hours paid for by all the legacy drug developers. If you buy Clay's point - quality of contribution should be better which has to do with internal motivation vs. salary.

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