We rarely consider why we get bored, or whether it could be good for us. But science tells us there’s more to this seemingly pointless emotional state than you might think.
In the 20th century, Theodor Adorno interpreted boredom not as an existential phenomenon but a material one. “Boredom,” he declared, “is a function of life which is lived under the compulsion to work, and under the strict division of labor.” Just as weekends and vacations help us cope with the backbreaking regimens of capitalist economies, so does boredom help us express our dissatisfaction with those regimens.
Other activities are boring because they are unreceptive to stimulation. Think of the guitarist Kurt Cobain, whosementions he had not “felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music...for too many years now.” It is worth noting that, in scientific literature, the separation between extreme boredom and clinical depression is still unclear, as the conditions have so much in common.
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