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Bored and Brilliant shows the fascinating side of boredom. Manoush Zomorodi investigates cutting-edge research as well as compelling (and often funny) real-life examples to demonstrate that boredom is actually a crucial tool for making our lives happier, more productive, and more creative. What's more, the book is crammed with practical exercises for anyone who wants to reclaim the power of spacing out deleting the Two Dots app, for instance, or having a photo-free day, or taking a '"fakecation."

Vorwort
An award-winning journalist uncovers the truth about boredom and why it's the key to your creativity

Autorentext
Manoush Zomorodi is the host and managing editor of Note to Self, the tech show about being human, from WNYC Studios. Every week on her podcast, Manoush searches for answers to life's digital quandaries through experiments and conversations with listeners and experts. She has won numerous awards for her work including four from the New York Press Club. In 2014, the Alliance for Women in Media named her Outstanding Host. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Zusammenfassung

Being bored is bad, right? We'll certainly do anything to avoid it and with smartphones we need never be bored again, as we reply to our emails 24 hours a day, tweet as we watch TV, watch TV as we commute, check Facebook as we walk and Instagram while we eat.

Stimulation is good.

But what if it's not? What if what happens when our mind"wanders" is an important part of human cognition and an essential element of creative thinking. What if constant stimulation is killing our creativity?

When award-winning journalist Manoush Zomorodi posed these question to her listeners on her popular New York public radio Podcast, the answer, from neuroscientists, psychologists and others was a resounding yes. So over the course of a week, she led thousands of her listeners through a series of experiments and exercises designed to help them reassess their technology habits, unplug for part of each week and jump-start their creativity.

Now in Bored and Brilliant, she will give you the tools to reimagine your relationship with boredom, rebalance your relationship with the digital world and reawaken your creativity and productivity.