I think that rationalists should consider taking more showers.

As Eliezer Yudkowsky once said, boredom makes us human. The childhoods of exceptional people often include excessive boredom as a trait that helped cultivate their genius:

A common theme in the biographies is that the area of study which would eventually give them fame came to them almost like a wild hallucination induced by overdosing on boredom. They would be overcome by an obsession arising from within.

Unfortunately, most people don't like boredom, and we now have little metal boxes and big metal boxes filled with bright displays that help distract us all the time, but there is still an effective way to induce boredom in a modern population: showering.

When you shower (or bathe), you usually are cut off from most digital distractions and don't have much to do, giving you tons of free time to think about what [...]

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First published:
April 1st, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Trv577PEcNste9Mgz/consider-showering

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