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That actually makes a lot of sense — maybe boredom didn’t disappear, it just migrated into mundane tasks.
Showers, dishwashing, walking, even those random “nothing” moments are still giving the brain a kind of idle lane to wander.
What’s more fascinating is your last point: if stillness is now a superpower, are we evolving into better thinkers… or just becoming dependent on accidental boredom to do the deep work for us?
For me, I think I have become more dependent on accidental boredom to get deeper thoughts and ideas. Recently, it feels like the universe wants to answer your deepest questions only after you take the trash out.
maybe it’s a reward for doing the little things that gets us answers for the bigger deeper things.
not sure but this was fun.🤩
I think boredom is a state humans can’t endure and try to replace it with anything and everything that anyone is doing. In some aspects it is making humans better because we are sharing more experiences and viewpoints but it is lessening the effects of actually experiencing something in real life.
For deep thinking, I start to find myself doing more that when I am doing mundane tasks that require less attention instead of those quiet bored sessions as a kid. Some examples are Showers, dishwashing, vacuuming, pooping, etc.
I don’t think boredom will disappear as we often get bored while doing things if that makes any sense.
We will keep feeding our brains with everything in order to not have to be still which in itself is a super power.