Increasingly, these empty moments are being saturated with productivity, communication, and the digital distractions offered by an ever-expanding array of slick mobile devices. A few years ago, cellphone maker Motorola even began using the word "microboredom" to describe the ever-smaller slices of free time from which new mobile technology offers an escape.
We are most human when we feel dull. Lolling around in a state of restlessness is one of life's greatest luxuries -- one not available to creatures that spend all their time pursuing mere survival. To be bored is to stop reacting to the external world, and to explore the internal one.
There is a strong argument that boredom -- so often parodied as a glassy-eyed drooling state of nothingness -- is an essential human emotion that underlies art, literature, philosophy, science, and even love.
Paradoxically, as cures for boredom have proliferated, people do not seem to feel less bored; they simply flee it with more energy, flitting from one activity to the next. Ralley has noticed a kind of placid look among his students over the past few years, a "laptop culture" that he finds perplexing. They have more channels to be social; there are always things to do. And yet people seem oddly numb. They are not quite bored, but not really interested either.
We are most human when we feel dull. Lolling around in a state of restlessness is one of life's greatest luxuries -- one not available to creatures that spend all their time pursuing mere survival. To be bored is to stop reacting to the external world, and to explore the internal one.
There is a strong argument that boredom -- so often parodied as a glassy-eyed drooling state of nothingness -- is an essential human emotion that underlies art, literature, philosophy, science, and even love.
Paradoxically, as cures for boredom have proliferated, people do not seem to feel less bored; they simply flee it with more energy, flitting from one activity to the next. Ralley has noticed a kind of placid look among his students over the past few years, a "laptop culture" that he finds perplexing. They have more channels to be social; there are always things to do. And yet people seem oddly numb. They are not quite bored, but not really interested either.
there are too many distractions at home. i think i shall go school and mug tomorrow. the advent of technology has introduced a plethora of slick gadgets that saturates our lives, filling our empty moments with infinite distractions and creating endless possibilities for our minds to be engaged in.
we have become so conditioned to being busy that we have lost ourselves in the whirlwind of activities. we have deserted the time we used to spend in our inner sanctuaries to reflect and explore for external opportunities to expend our energy. but without these little pockets of time to immerse ourselves in thoughts and ideas, we subconsciously become more restless. we gradually lose our personal identity to the various subcultures of our society, subconsciously conforming to the popular trends.
and so, step back from the flurry of activities and start delving into boredom! haha just don't start now. finish your mugathorn before you start learning how to be bored and permeate every second of your 'microboredom' with facts, figures and techniques! haha i better start practising what i preach. ><
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