Mirko
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Mirko
“You reach for distraction, comfort, procrastination - not because you’re weak, but because your brain is trying to soothe you. The thing is, avoidance often brings short-term relief - an internal reward that strengthens the behavior, even if it leads to long-term frustration. And that quick dopamine hit from procrastinating, avoiding conflict, or
... See moreWhat we have is a compounded problem, in which people with generational wealth pull the levers on a society that they don’t understand. Whether corporate policies or social welfare or college financial aid, nearly every aspect of society has been designed by people unfamiliar with not only the experience of living in poverty but the experience of l... See more
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
Boredom is good, she argues, because it ignites a network in our brains called the “default mode network.” In short, when we daydream, when we stare blankly out the window, when we perform mindless tasks in which our bodies operate on auto-pilot, our minds start making unexpected connections and solving problems. Some of this kind of sub-conscious ... See more
Boredom and Creativity: Is boredom a path to brilliance?
It’s a funny quirk of the human condition that sometimes simply asking, of a given task, “how would someone much, much better than me approach this?” immediately makes you better at it.
— Cate Hall (https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/how-to-instantly-be-better-at-anything)
“The point of doing nothing, as I define it, isn’t to return to work refreshed and ready to be more productive, but rather to question what we currently perceive as productive.”
Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, p. xiii
