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“In Praise of Boredom” by Alva Noë (NPR)

“I say: God save us from today’s ramped up, multi-interrupted, selfie-consumed, fast-paced world! We need to slow down. We need to turn off. We need to unplug. We need to start things and not know when they are going to end. We need evenings at the ballpark, evenings spent outside of real time. What’s so bad about being bored?”