Where Do They Find the Time?

I find great pleasure when an article or short video allows me to view something commonplace in an entirely new way. This ~15 minute video segment was recorded at this years Web 2.0 Conference.

I will grossly oversimplify Clay Shirky's premise. In the early days of the Industrial Revolution some people found they had a new problem, what to do with this newly acquired "leisure" time. Heavy drinking was once used to waste expend this surplus time. Today he sees an analogy in how society makes use of our cognitive surplus. Trillions of hours are spent around the world each year passively watching television. Up until recently few options to expending this surplus. Now we have the web with uncounted projects were contributors cooperatively create totally new forms of expression. A prime example is the Wikipedia.

There are some amusing comments regarding these contributors from some people who work in television, "Where do they find the time?"