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“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -- Blaise Pascal
According to Pascal, we fear the silence of existence, we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction, and we can’t help but run from the problems of our emotions into the false comforts of the mind.
The issue at the root, essentially, is that we never learn the art of solitude.
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our aversion to solitude is really an aversion to boredom.At its core, it’s not necessarily that we are addicted to a TV set because there is something uniquely satisfying about it, just like we are not addicted to most stimulants because the benefits outweigh the downsides. Rather, what we are really addicted to is a state of not-being-bored.
Deep thoughts by Blaise Pascal. Was he right? Are we addicted to not-being-bored? Is boredom good for us?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday November 28 2018, @06:06AM
If you're too hooked into the "LOOK SHINY!" your thoughts, feelings and experiences will mimic real Attention Deficit Disorder.
But it's not real ADD, as there are lots of ways to eliminate that pseudo-ADD: learn to enjoy some quiet, contemplative activity. F
or me, it was grinding, polishing and figuring telescope mirrors. That had the delightful side effect of getting me accepted to Caltech, that and being the Set Crew Manager at my high school theater. Stage Carpentry is more interesting than most housebuilding; I frequently built sets until three or four in the morning yet still got up to go to school after just a few hours of sleep.
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