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You should learn to be mindful and bored. What is so fascinating on that damn screen?

• steve_adams_86 8y ago
  Well, why were you on one when you commented here? Sometimes screens are a great distraction. Sometimes they're not. The latter fact doesn't take away from the former - it's just on the user to make good judgements. There doesn't have to be something so fascinating on the screen to justify usage. Maybe it's news, maybe it's an ebook. Maybe it's HN. It's fine if the phone goes away when the kid's done taking a dump.
• z5h 8y ago
  Similarly, what's so great about being bored? The knowledge of the history world is on my phone.
  • swerfot 8y ago
    And how often do you use your phone to find actual (real and verified) and useful knowledge?.. I bet less than 1% of the time.
  • FranzFerdiNaN 8y ago
    Doing nothing is exactly how a lot of that knowledge was discovered. Just look up biographies of famous scientists, they usually have lots and lots of leisure time, walks around the country side doing nothing and other such ''wastes'' of time.
• ImSkeptical 8y ago
  Oh, I don't know, just a boundless universe of knowledge, news, politics, and people to connect with. I'm not sure why contemplating boredom is more virtuous than reading or commenting on something on the phone.