Does this cause a productive mental state, or is it merely a symptom of it? I suspect it's causal (based off what I know of brain chemistry), but I could defini

Does this cause a productive mental state, or is it merely a symptom of it? I suspect it's causal (based off what I know of brain chemistry), but I could definitely be wrong on that part. Like, "get assigned bullshit work, can't focus on it because it's bullshit, end up on HN" is definitely also a plausible story to me.