On Messages Behind the Boredom

Boredom often connects to productivity for me and this didn't sit right with me for some reason, so I decided I needed to learn more about it. The initial title for this episode was 'is boredom really our fault though?' and  that question was what guided my research. It made me wonder if there was more to it. I think I was right. This episode hits on a few ideas around how anticipation, autonomy, creativity and flow might connect to boredom and how boredom might be telling us a lot more than just 'there's nothing to do and I really hate that...'  This is the first of a short series on some thoughts and ideas around boredom. Three things on boredom in society:1. Boredom as anticipation of something to happen2. Boredom as a way to police free time3. Boredom as potential for (unwanted) changeResources: What does Boredom do to us and for usWhy boredom is anything but boringThe fascinating history of boredomAffect and critique: A politics of boredomSupport the show