The boredom epidemic is on the rise. A new study published by Communications Psychology by Katy Y.Y. Tam and Michael Inzlicht found that people are more bored than ever before — and digital media use ...

Much of what Americans deal with would never have been on our forefathers’ radar. Why do we spend so much time on such trivialities? Go to any mainstream website, and on the very first screen, there ...

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Fifty years ago, I rode my Kawasaki from Portola Valley onto campus, usually squeaking into class just on time. While much has changed since then, one thing has remained constant: our humanness. We ...

I hate it when people say, “I never get bored.” The other phrase I hate is “If you’re bored, you’re boring.” I work hard to make conversations and situations as interesting for myself as I can. But if ...

MESSRS. H. W. and F. G. Fowler, the compilers of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, define ‘boredom’ as ‘being bored; ennui ’ — which only goes to show that there is a point beyond which conciseness ...