What the long term impact on psychic economies will be is unknown, of course, but we can hazard guesses. Buddhism has a 2500 year old interest in boredom and s

What the long term impact on psychic economies will be is unknown, of course, but we can hazard guesses. Buddhism has a 2500 year old interest in boredom and sees it as pivotal to the process of enlightenment. Artists and inventors, famously, benefit from idle moments, when there is no crush of expectation or obligation to keep up with the herd. What does a world without boredom look like? Possibly, a lot more boring.