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How I Stopped Fearing Boredom

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Mastering the Art of Boredom

The 17th century French philosopher, Blaise Pascal, believed that humanity's problems arise from the inability to sit quietly alone. The speaker reflects on their struggles with boredom, attributing it to a learned behavior or heredity passed down from their mother, who also struggles with doing nothing.

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