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  2. Is boredom good for you? Why experts say it's a call to ... - AOL

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    Why boredom is an opportunity The reality, Svendsen says, is that boredom is actually not such a bad thing after all. “The state of boredom creates a space in which you could and should relate ...

  3. Boredom is good for kids. Here's why — and how parents can ...

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    Saxbe, however, does think that kids today have a lower tolerance for boredom or stillness. “I think kids are more vulnerable to feeling bored more easily, because their brains have been so ...

  4. Boredom - Wikipedia

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    Although it has not been widely studied, research on boredom suggests that boredom is a major factor impacting diverse areas of a person's life. People ranked low on a boredom-proneness scale were found to have better performance in a wide variety of aspects of their lives, including career, education, and autonomy. [ 31 ]

  5. Existential nihilism - Wikipedia

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    Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".

  6. How people can break away from 'loneliness epidemic' and its ...

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    Loneliness may have to do with a lack of people in your life, but boredom has to do with having a lack of purpose in your life. We may have little control over being isolated as we age, but we ...

  7. History of philosophical pessimism - Wikipedia

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    Thus, its life swings back and forth like a pendulum between pain and boredom; in fact, these are the ingredients out of which it is ultimately composed. This has also been very fancifully expressed by saying that after people had placed all the pain and suffering in hell, nothing was left for heaven except boredom.

  8. David Murdock Column: On boredom and its consequences

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  9. Nash's Pyramid - Wikipedia

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    Nash's Pyramid is a framework for ranking leisure activities, developed by Jay B. Nash. Nash was an early leader in the leisure field. His thinking was influenced by the prevalence of 'Spectatoritis' in America which he defines as, "a blanket description to cover all kinds of passive amusement".