5 Responses to “Are we bored or insane?”
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Wow! First thought that hits me is a quote from Wayne’s World: “We’re not worthy. We’re not worthy!” This is the Brains blog after all. And, yes, we’re all a little crazy. Except for “normal” people. They’re reeeeeally crazy.
So, whether you’re bored or insane: keep sharing! That’s what makes life fun. That’s what makes life work. Thanks Robbin!
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I think it depends on how you’re connected. If you are following/friending/connecting with hundreds/thousands, the information is a torrent. A rushing flood is interesting only for so long before it gets boring.
However, if you could be connected to a torrent but figured out how to siphon off the relevant-to-you content, boredom will happen when the siphon dries up.
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@aarron, you and Susan are so worthy. Some of best + brightest in these parts.
@rob, First of all hello. Long time no see around here. I guess I was saying that boredom and insanity is the cause of our wanting to connect in the first place, I’m not bored with the content exactly. But interesting perspective…
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Whenever I’m bored, I surf. So it’s true, general boredom is alleviate by the magic of the interwebs, social media especially. Rob is right, though, a general waterfall of information becomes just noise and is not very entertaining. Human interaction with engaging people always is.
p.s. I wasn’t bored when I came looking to read this, though. Just sayin’.
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Being bored allows the brain to unwind, refresh, and then forces it to stretch out of that boredom. When the brain is constantly engaged, isn’t that like a motor running at high RPMs non-stop? Eventually the engine overheats and sputters. If you’ll pardon the semi-coherent mixed metaphor, boredom is also often the calm before the storm, for it is out of boredom that we propel ourselves to “do” something. At least, we should be.
However, one should differentiate between being bored and being numb. The latter is static and is unlikely to engender a sense of purpose.
