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How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zamorodi

TED Business

CHAPTER

How to Get Rid of Boredom

When i thought that, when the technology came in and took over, that is when i hit a wall. When you get bored, you ignite a network in your brain called the default mode. Our body goes on auto pilot while we're folding the laundry or we're walking to work. That is when our brain gets really busy. Maybe what would happen if we broke this vicious cycle? Could it help us reclaim those cracks in our day? We call it 'boredom'

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