Dr Arthur Brooks
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We need to be bored
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April 22, 2026
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1:13Now PlayingIt turns out the examined life requires actually sitting still long enough to examine it.
Boredom forces your brain into its default mode network, where the big uncomfortable questions live. "What does my life actually mean?"
We avoid it because it's unsettling, of course. But that discomfort is where meaning gets made.
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