

Let Yourself Be Bored
“15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.” — Noah Smith We live in a world where we are constantly overstimulated. We struggle to watch a movie without checking our phones, to wait at a traffic light without pulling them out, or simply to sit still without looking for something to entertain us. We have a strong aversion to boredom—or simply to just *being*. The moment we have nothing to do, we look for a
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