What happens when people suddenly have a lot of time to think? Cognitive Surplus

It’s a thing I’ve been trying to control in my life for some time. I just didn’t know it had a name.

Basically, when people suddenly have time to think, they tend to waste that time. The amount of time humans spend watching television, fiddling with Wikipedia and reordering their Netflix queues tallies to an obscene amount of time that could be put to other use. Perhaps some use that would benefit humanity.

But that wouldn’t be fun. That would be like… work.