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Paul Bloom - The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

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Is It Just We Get Bored?

"I'm curious of like, is it just we get bored and we're not meant for for that level of just survive? I think that's true in many levels. Sometimes we seek out a painful activity just cause we're bored," he says. "You know, i'm bored ind want to poke a knife through my cheek, you know, because on boardand that's crazy."

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