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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 28 2018, @11:03AM
Eh, there's nothing wrong with extroversion as an inclination any more than there is introversion. It's when they become a necessity that problems arise. I prefer having someone to swap lies with while fishing, so I'm an extrovert, but I'm certainly not going to skip a day of fishing just because I don't have that. Desire vs. need is the line you're looking to draw.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.