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November 7, 2017
escape.
phone is an escape like any otber addiction. it keeps you busy so that you dont need to tackle diffilt emotions
real,”
euphoria of an idea rarely last through its implementation
brilliant.
when mind idle it starts creating suprising associations
stimulation.
original thoughts need xs to be born
Social connection is great, but not at the price of disconnecting from yourself.
addictiiokn too social connection is direct path to less self love
conscious online existence.
becoming mature adult in our interactiiojn with tech
kind of boredom is the existential and spiritual kind—a powerful and unrelieved sense of emptiness, isolation, and alienation.
two differebt kind of boredom - temporary, situational. spiriitul - more of permanent state
“Every emotion has a purpose—an evolutionary benefit,”
otherwise it wouldnt be therr
People who are bored think more creatively than those who aren’t.
boredom acts as catalyst for creattivity
daydreaming
boredom leads to daydreaming which is initiating creativvitt
So, contrary to the popular view, when we space out, our minds aren’t switched off.
spacing out activaties different part of our brain - default mode
“Mind-wandering is special because it doesn’t fit into that phenomenon,”
no external stimul is required to start mind wandering quite the opposite
You continue to generate thought even when there’s nothing for you to do with the thoughts.”
humans are weird
when we wait for the longest red light in the world to turn green,
By focusing all our attention on focused interactions we depreve brain from ability to emphasize , reflect and imagine
“Daydreaming reflects the need to make sense of complicated aspects of life, which is almost always other human beings.”
basically we need time too reflect and process the mosf difficult paart in this world. other human beings
The younger you are, the more you daydream; children and teenagers daydream the most.
wonder if thiss is biological or cultural effect?
themes: the conquering hero and the suffering martyr.
how much are those based on stories we are told as childfren
Daydreaming gets us to think about things in a different way, for good, bad, or, well, just different.
daydreaming is not a silver bullet and its not always positive. like everything else in life it has two sides and one can easily get lost in anxious mind wandering
Either way, the point is that it does provide insight into who we are.”
it provides insight intoo who we are
You could say that boredom is an incubator lab for brilliance.
Only missing light when its getting low?
“out of curiosity comes everything”—
You might feel uncomfortable, annoyed, or even angry at first,
Its not prretty to start getting bored, to get the side effects one needs to pussh furrther
Though brilliance may be small and simple, that doesn’t make it any less powerful.
You may need to keep those brilliant flashes of insight and inspiration to yourself because they may not always be socially appropriate.
lol they are not indeed
