The Lost Art of A Wandering Mind
Thu, 07/02/2026 - 4:37pm
Statistics show that human beings are more bored than ever. We’re more bored during work interactions, more bored during social interactions, and we’re bored when cell phones are present. Thirty- five years ago, if you had told Gen X kids that the coming era of technology was going to be utterly boring, we would have laughed in your face. We knew what kind of excitement we had to look forward to: flying cars, robot maids, and hot gourmet meals at the push of a button. The technology boom didn’t exactly wind up creating the kind of world we had seen on The Jetsons. Instead of forming a fascinating world of automation that freed us up to pursue noble interests, technology built a new way of thinking that, sadly, has caused us to think less.
