Do people have the capability to do something with their cumulative free time, the motivation to do it, and the opportunity to do it? Positive answers to these questions help establish the link between the person and the action; expressed at a larger scale, accounts of means, motive, and opportunity can help explain the appearance of new behaviors in society, Understanding what our cognitive surplus is making possible means understanding the means by which we are aggregating our free time; our motivations in taking advantage of this new resource; and the nature of the opportunities that are being created, and that we are creating for each other…