By The Art of Manliness
Published February 22, 2021 10:58am
When we experience boredom, we tend to experience it as uncomfortable and agitating, and seek to banish it with some ready distraction. Or, we try to look at boredom sort of piously, as something we should learn to sit with, because it builds character.
My guest today would argue that it's best to see boredom more neutrally -- as simply an important signal that we need to change up what we're doing, and become more effective and engaged in the world.
His name is James Danckert, and he's a cognitive neuroscientist and professor of psychology...