Maria Popova of Brain Pickings
The One You Feed
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The Importance of Boredom
Last night I did this little event with WNYC, which is the NPR affiliate here in New York called Bored and Brilliant. And they have this project about boredom and how we can break free from the tyranny of our devices and just be more present. The day before I was thinking about boredom and mostly from the perspective of people like Adam Phillips and Susan Sondag who basically say boredom is essential to creativity. Then I remembered Kierkegaard who and distinctly remembered the line boredom is the root of all evil.
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