"Gin, Television, and Coginitive Surplus"

If people actually are using their free-time to do something productive rather than just sitting on the couch watching television, then cognitive surplus occurs. Cognitive surplus is a good thing because people are not just sitting around letting their skills go to waste. He is saying it is always better to do something than nothing.This article says that literacy is beyond just reading and writing. They are saying that people still need to dig deeper and get deeper meaning behind things. Instead of just seeing what is on the surface, one must interpret and analyze what is being said to fully grasp what the writer is trying to say.Cognitive surplus is making use of your free time to do something productive. It is gaining something when doing something in your free-time.This article matters because it is informing the public that it is always better to do something productive in your free time, rather than doing something that is not productive.