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Boredom is but a window to a sunny day beyond the gloom
- hprotagonist 7y ago“Boredom is the mask frustration wears”
- m3kw9 7y agoTrue
- jhoechtl 7y ago> But even if we are one of those rare people who feels fulfilled, it is worth cultivating some degree of boredom, insofar as it provides us with the preconditions to delve more deeply into ourselves, reconnect with the rhythms of nature, and begin and complete highly focused, long and difficult work I dont know wheather it is fact or FUD, but I have heard that mankinds IQ is sinking? If true, I attribute this to a large extend to the fact that there are so many distractions today that we no longer need to get bored thus deprive us of moments of deep mental immersion.
- kranner 7y agoIQ seems to be rising, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
- steve_musk 7y agoI assume the “Possible End of Progress” section is what the OP is referring to.
- kranner 7y agoThen “IQ” is the wrong word for it.
- nothrabannosir 7y agoNo it isn't, read the Wiki: > Research suggests that there is an ongoing reversed Flynn effect, i.e. a decline in IQ scores, in Norway, Denmark, Australia, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, France and German-speaking countries,[4] a development which appears to have started in the 1990s.[5][6][7][8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possible_end_of_progression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect#Possible_end_of_p...
- coldtea 7y agoThat's old news. The new news is that that Flynn effect has stopped around the 80s to 90s for most first world countries - and we don't know why (probably end of the effects of the "low hanging fruit" improvements like better nutrition and more nurturing environments compared to the previous centuries and so on).
- samatman 7y agoThat's possible, I suppose. I would think the strong negative correlation between amount of education and number of children, in the developed world at least, is a more likely culprit. Children tend to be like their parents.
- Razengan 7y agoBoredom is not having anything interesting to do. As a kid most of my best discoveries and creativity were during boredom, when I went out of my way to try something new (or old, that I had not tried before) or occupied myself with whatever was at hand. As an adult, during boredom I just try to find some kind of social interaction or go to sleep.
- teekert 7y agoI just reach for my phone.
- crispinb 7y agoBoredom is not having anything interesting to do Not true of everyone.
- Razengan 7y agoHow else would you define it? By "interesting" I mean "interesting to you"
- crispinb 7y agoAll I need to show the identity you claim 'is not true of everyone' is to find a single person for whom it isn't true. I am that person, so I've proven it not to be true. I am extremely rarely bored. Certainly "not having anything interesting to do" doesn't generate boredom in me. I am quite content with nothing to do at all (let alone something interesting). Granted this is unusual (though very far from unique).
- crispinb 7y agoBut even if we are one of those rare people who feels fulfilled, it is worth cultivating some degree of boredom I dispute the bored vs fulfilled relationship, at least if it's supposed to be a universal (speaking as someone who very rarely feels either)
- a-dub 7y agoboredom is not a lack of interesting things, but rather a lack of interest in committing to take interest in a thing. not a dearth, but a wealth of potentially interesting things and a refusal or inability to choose.