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A lot of it is really good, but the part about boredom is interesting: “[M]ankind will suffer badly from the disease of boredom, a disease spreading more widel
by JeffL 13y ago
A lot of it is really good, but the part about boredom is interesting:
“[M]ankind will suffer badly from the disease of boredom, a disease spreading more widely each year and growing in intensity. This will have serious mental, emotional and sociological consequences, and I dare say that psychiatry will be far and away the most important medical specialty in 2014.”
One thing we haven't had any trouble with in terms of advancement is how to entertain people. Facebook, Twitter, World of Warcraft, (ahem) Star Sonata, traveling, sports, German board games, ... The entertainment possibilities are endless. I think too many entertainment options is the problem, if anything.
- beshrkayali 13y agoOne can argue that too much entertainment is no entertainment really. I feel that we are yet to witness the effects of boredom on humanity.
- hatu 13y agoI agree, I think he was talking about way in the future when robots do all the work and unemployment stops being "unemployment".
- JonnieCache 13y agoThe entertainment "possibilities" are a symptom of the boredom.
- acuozzo 13y agoAnd, in some cases, the cause; paradox-of-choice and all that.
- dahlberg 13y agoFor those interested: http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch... One of my favorite TED videos.
- Houshalter 13y agoI wouldn't say it's increased boredom. People still work about the same amount. It's just technology now makes video games and the like possible where they weren't before.
- Houshalter 13y agoI'm worried about the increase in entertainment actually. Technology enables increasingly addictive games, and there is a large incentive to make them even more addicting and even more attractive, and find exploits in human psychology. Farmville is only the beginning.