I think any treatment of boredom, scientific or not, is woefully incomplete without reference to the man who understood it better than anyone, Soren Kierkegaard

I think any treatment of boredom, scientific or not, is woefully incomplete without reference to the man who understood it better than anyone, Soren Kierkegaard. He uses it as a vehicle for discussion and engages in it at a level I haven't seen since. This particularly funny and biting essay should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding it from a philosophical or psychological context: http://www.sorenkierkegaard.nl/artikelen/Engels/145.%20THE%20ROTATION%20OF%20CROPS.pdf http://www.sorenkierkegaard.nl/artikelen/Engels/145.%20THE%2...