Waiting rooms, bus stops, and long car rides are all places where one thing is likely to occur, boredom. When looking at a group of collage students waiting for their class to start, the signs of boredom are easy to spot. Many of the students take out their phones, talk to the students around them, drum on the desk, or even fall asleep. These signs are not uncommon and can be found in most situations in everyday life. No one enjoys being bored, but experiencing boredom is normal. In “Duh, Boring,” Joseph Epstein says, “One cannot be human without at some time or another having known boredom.” The reason why humans and animals become bored is unknown, and there are many other questions related to the topic. The definition of boredom and the
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However, because of technology, younger generations are having an increasingly difficult time in stopping their boredom. Epstein says, “by overstimulation… the current generation of children, who, despite their vast arsenal of electronic toys… more often than any previous generation register cries of boredom.” This would explain why teenagers often claim they are “lost” without their phones or can’t go a day without checking their social media feeds. When asked what happens when they are bored, Keatyn Remmel, 18, replies that she zones out and thinks about what else she has to do that day, while Carolyn Turner, 79, responded, “I don’t get bored because I would read a book, clean the house, or do a crossword puzzle instead. There is always something that needs to be done.” Remmel and Turner are from two different so they address boredom in different ways. Turner grew up without technology so she had to find ways to entertain herself. As a result, it is normal for her to continue to be active during the day and to be productive with her extra time. On the other hand, Remmel grew up with computers and TVs so if she was bored, she would use a screen to find entertainment. Now, if a screen is not available, Remmel left to daydream instead of finding a way to be productive like …show more content…
During Professor Jackson’s class experiment, two groups were challenged with finding as many uses for two cups as possible. Before the cups were given out, one group played on their phones for five minutes while the other group read the index of a book. When the time passed, the group who had been reading the index came up with more uses for the cups than the group that was on their phones. Heather Lench, an evolutionary psychologist, says, “Emotions should evolve for our benefit-not push us to self-destruction… [She] suspects that [boredom] lies behind one of our most important traits-curiosity.” Many scientists suspect that boredom leads to new ideas, and advanced problem solving skills. Even though Epstein believes “that most people cannot stand even gentle boredom for long,” experiments such as Dr. Sandi Mann’s cup task supports the idea of creativity coming from boredom. Comedy writer Graham Linehan insists, “The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That’s actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer’s block, but it’s actually just part one of a long process.” Boredom gives the mind a chance to come up with new ides, but with technology at humanity’s fingertips, finding time to be bored is becoming more
However, because of technology, younger generations are having an increasingly difficult time in stopping their boredom. Epstein says, “by overstimulation… the current generation of children, who, despite their vast arsenal of electronic toys… more often than any previous generation register cries of boredom.” This would explain why teenagers often claim they are “lost” without their phones or can’t go a day without checking their social media feeds. When asked what happens when they are bored, Keatyn Remmel, 18, replies that she zones out and thinks about what else she has to do that day, while Carolyn Turner, 79, responded, “I don’t get bored because I would read a book, clean the house, or do a crossword puzzle instead. There is always something that needs to be done.” Remmel and Turner are from two different so they address boredom in different ways. Turner grew up without technology so she had to find ways to entertain herself. As a result, it is normal for her to continue to be active during the day and to be productive with her extra time. On the other hand, Remmel grew up with computers and TVs so if she was bored, she would use a screen to find entertainment. Now, if a screen is not available, Remmel left to daydream instead of finding a way to be productive like …show more content…
During Professor Jackson’s class experiment, two groups were challenged with finding as many uses for two cups as possible. Before the cups were given out, one group played on their phones for five minutes while the other group read the index of a book. When the time passed, the group who had been reading the index came up with more uses for the cups than the group that was on their phones. Heather Lench, an evolutionary psychologist, says, “Emotions should evolve for our benefit-not push us to self-destruction… [She] suspects that [boredom] lies behind one of our most important traits-curiosity.” Many scientists suspect that boredom leads to new ideas, and advanced problem solving skills. Even though Epstein believes “that most people cannot stand even gentle boredom for long,” experiments such as Dr. Sandi Mann’s cup task supports the idea of creativity coming from boredom. Comedy writer Graham Linehan insists, “The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That’s actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer’s block, but it’s actually just part one of a long process.” Boredom gives the mind a chance to come up with new ides, but with technology at humanity’s fingertips, finding time to be bored is becoming more