Creative Ideas Happen When You Stop Checking Your Phone
February 13, 2015
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as posted by the channelRemember what it's like to be bored? A New York public radio show asked thousands of its listeners to stop checking their phones and see where their minds took them. New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi takes James Hamblin to Science House in Manhattan to experience purposeful boredom—and see what creative breakthroughs came.
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