boredom: understanding and conquering the "b" word
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This is the slidedeck for the conference presentation on boredom. You can find the handout to accompany this slidedeck here http://bit.ly/boredomhandout.TRANSCRIPT
Millions long for
immortality who
don’t know what
to do with
themselves on a
rainy Sunday
afternoon. Susan Ertz
Boredom can
be a lethal
thing on a
small island. Christopher Moore
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
Boredom is a feeling of unpleasure arising out of a conflict between a need for intense mental activity and lack of incitement to it, or inability to be incited
Death: Do you
know, that in a
universe so full of
wonders, they have
managed to
invent boredom? Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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I've noticed that my best ideas always bubble up when the outside world fails in its primary job of frightening, wounding or entertaining me.- Scott Adams
Is it boredom
or distraction?
Boredom is the
conviction that
you can’t
change…the
shriek of unused
capacities. Saul Bellow, The Adventures
of Augie March
Caution: low-flying fish
Our labour preserves us from three great evils - weariness, vice, and want. Voltaire, Candide
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Thank you so much for your kind attention!
{I hope you weren’t bored}