What Does Boredom Teach Us About How We Engage with History? - By Chana Teeger - Behavioral Scientist
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What Does Boredom Teach Us About How We Engage with History? - By Chana Teeger - Behavioral Scientist
This is why boredom can feel so surprisingly, aggressively unpleasant: we tend to think of it merely as a matter of not being particularly interested in whatever it is we’re doing, but in fact it’s an intense reaction to the deeply uncomfortable experience of confronting your limited control. Boredom can strike in widely differing contexts—when you... See more
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Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
When a child plays, he learns the skills that make it possible to cope with the unexpected. If you deprive children of those challenges, as they grow up they will feel panicked and unable to cope a lot of the time. They don’t feel they are competent, or can make things happen without older people guiding them. Haidt argues this is one reason why an
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