There are lots of good reasons in the article. One reason I didn't think they paid enough attention to, though, is that there is just a lot more stuff to do the

There are lots of good reasons in the article. One reason I didn't think they paid enough attention to, though, is that there is just a lot more stuff to do these days. We still have TV, books, board games, the great outdoors, hobbies, and all of the other things we had 30 years ago. But we also have video games, commercial-free streaming TV and movies, social media, and all of the other high-grade digital entertainment that comes with the Internet. And it's right in our pocket or at our side 24/7, and spoon-fed to us by algorithms designed to maximize our engagement. People just don't need to get bored any more. There is always instant, easy comfort available. I think that's why it's harder to find motivation to go out and do things that are even more fun, and certainly more meaningful, but which are also more work.