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In praise of boredom

6 mins | Aug 17, 2022
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When was the last time you felt genuinely bored? These days, it might be more accurate to say that only boring people do not get bored, at least not in boredom’s more constructive form. Jemima Kelly argues that our ultra-connected lives could benefit from the feeling of time stretching out for a while.

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