In praise of boredom

The bus ride, the queue at the bank, the ten minutes before a meeting. These used to be empty moments.

Now we fill them with phones. We are never bored, and we rarely think without interruption.

Try leaving the phone in your pocket for one queue a day. Your mind will wander. That is the point.

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