Is there any benefit to boredom?

The Minefield
03/08/2023 54 min
Is there any benefit to boredom?

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It is fair to say that boredom is a distinctly modern terror. But, as Stan Grant discusses with Waleed and Scott, what if existential boredom points us to our deeper need?

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