In Defense of Boredom
We have engineered boredom out of modern life. That may be one of the most counterproductive things we have ever done.
There is a particular quality of restlessness that settles over you when you have nothing to do and nothing to distract you from having nothing to do. Your mind casts around for stimulation. It fidgets. It resists the emptiness. And then, if you let it, something interesting happens. It starts to wander.
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