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We Don't Allow Ourselves To Be Bored Anymore
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We Don't Allow Ourselves To Be Bored Anymore

And this might, paradoxically, be bad for us.

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Ted Bauer
Sep 07, 2024
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Started thinking about this the other day through a series of intersections and videos. Let me try to walk you through it.

At Work

I think, or rather I hope, by now that people realize a lot of white-collar work doesn’t take 8 to 10 hours/day. Some work does, but not most of it. There’s a lot of sitting around pretending to be busy or general presenteeism…

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