A curious and insightful view.<p>Those cycles however aren't really "spare", or they are spare only in terms of producing money. I'm paid for some part of my cycles, then I'm not paid for some other part (OSS, social Internet), and finally there are really spare cycles that I may enjoy as being literally spare, e.g. hanging out in a pub.<p>The second type of cycles, that is, when I may produce wealth with no immediate pay back are becoming increasingly important and potentially rewarding, thanks to the Internet. That's probably what Web 2.0 is about (no matter how much I hate this term :)