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Mar 8, 2013

"The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony." --Orhan Pamuk

Could Boredom Be Curable?

"Philosophers and scientists alike have found ways to describe boredom as an experience, from the ochlos of ancient Greeks to the unresolved conflicts of modern psychodynamic theory. But when it comes to what actually triggers boredom, an answer has remained elusive. Boredom can occur in a perplexingly broad range of situations and seems to involve both our external environment and our inner resources. Now, after an exhaustive survey of every study they could locate that mentioned boredom -- more than 100 are referenced in the final paper -- psychologists from York University in Canada have proposed an answer, essentially a new unified theory of boredom."