You can't fully understand what something is without experiencing its absence. Boredom is the absence of interest, and it's important because it teaches you abo

You can't fully understand what something is without experiencing its absence. Boredom is the absence of interest, and it's important because it teaches you about interest. In the same way that you can't judge how loud an always-present humming sound from an air conditioner is -- because it disappears into the background -- you can't assess how interested you are in something if interest is always present. You don't want to do something just because it's somewhat interesting. Watching YouTube is somewhat interesting, but you clearly don't want to do that all the time. You want to do what's most interesting. And if you're unwilling to experience the absence of interest, you'll never know what that is.