Cognitive Surplus

2011 non-fiction work by Clay Shirky
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Cognitive Surplus

Summary

Cognitive Surplus is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cognitive Surplus authored Clay Shirky[3].
  • Cognitive Surplus's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Cognitive Surplus's publisher is recorded as Penguin Group[5].
  • Cognitive Surplus's genre is recorded as non-fiction[6].
  • Cognitive Surplus's genre is recorded as essay[7].
  • Cognitive Surplus's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Cognitive Surplus's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Cognitive Surplus's publication date is recorded as +2011-05-31T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Cognitive Surplus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0czb88h[11].
  • Cognitive Surplus's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15168364W[12].
  • Cognitive Surplus's has edition or translation is recorded as Cognitive Surplus[13].
  • Cognitive Surplus's main subject is recorded as Internet[14].
  • Cognitive Surplus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cognitive Surplus'}[15].
  • Cognitive Surplus's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age'}[16].
  • Cognitive Surplus's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators'}[17].
  • Cognitive Surplus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121kwnsj[18].
  • Cognitive Surplus's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cognitive-Surplus-1[19].
  • Cognitive Surplus's OCLC work ID is recorded as 796339401[20].
  • Cognitive Surplus's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 305328[21].

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Designation and Status

Cognitive Surplus's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

Cognitive Surplus ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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