Is it Information Overload or Filter Failure?

Author of Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky gave a much discussed keynote at yesterday’s Web 2.0 Expo in NYC titled It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure. In his talk he posits that the problem is not the enormous amount of information which is now available, but that we don’t have proper filters for it. Here’s a link to his PowerPoint presentation and a video of his presentation. And here is more coverage of his keynote:

If you missed the Web 2.0 Expo, you can find highlights, videos, and speaker presentation files here.

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3 Responses to “Is it Information Overload or Filter Failure?”

  1. Didi Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 am

    You’ve posted the wrong video – that’s the video from April, not September. Here’s the correct one:

  2. Didi Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 7:34 am

    http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/

  3. Ellyssa Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    wow, thanks so much Didi, I’ve fixed that. Best, Ellyssa

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