It's a sad, sad truth, but could the majority of us really cope without, the internet, TV, radio, mobile phones, etc? How would we entertain ourselves? Even a good old conversation, is now about last night's Big Brother or which level we've completed on our latest video game....
2007-06-09 03:15:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Wow, hell of a question. I agree. I honestly think that boredom is evolving with certain forms of psychological illnesses. Hold on!! I know that some of you may read this and curse me, but think about it. More and more people are being diagnosed with mental illnesses, and those are the ones that are being reported and going to doctors. Truth is, the environment is more harmful than we all realize. Years ago, before fast food, and smog, and fertilizers, and growth-hormone injected meats...many people lived simpler, healthier, less stressed lives. And those lives were not as "boring" to them as we perceive ours to be. People were able to sit in a field and daydream or pick wildflowers and relax, nowadays we can't find the peace to do that, and worse, we actually think that it would be a "boring" past time. So what does that say about us? We are really screwed up.
2007-06-09 20:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by alimon72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful question!! Top Star for me!!!
I thought through this and came to the conclusion that boredom is the creation of our progress.... we have continuously made our life more and more comfortable through transferring work to machines and thereby saved our time to be spent on essential activities..... this has resulted in this phenomenon of boredom...... basically spare time and nothing MUST to do......... the absence of essential activities to an extent can be replaced by leisure activities, but not beyond that.
Moreover, it is the same progress which has brought additional element of routine or certainty in our life which is also another cause for our boredom. However, those who are ambitious and imaginative enough to create more and more challenges for themselves, rarely have to face boredom.
2007-06-09 03:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Desensitization. It's our greatest enemy. Because of the fantastic explosions of colour we are able to see on television, or on the internet, we no longer appreciate simpler objects. We no longer notice the subtle shades of colour resting on a garden rose, or the dark sky laced with glittering stars. If we do, we don't appreciate it. Instead we tell ourselves that we can see images of a more marvellous disposition on T.V. As we constantly strive for greater levels of excitement, anything that falls short causes boredom. Sometimes we flick through T.V channels endlessly in the hope of seeing something interesting.
We never do though, nothing can match our expectations anymore.
2007-06-09 04:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schopenhauer believed that human life alternated between the two poles of striving for an end and, whilst that end is attained, boredom. that's basically too simplistic, yet we do choose ends and purposes. although, an lack of ability to decide on which end from a probably limitless array ability that persons fail to exercising their ability as objective-directed brokers. besides, the institutional structures of cutting-edge bureaucratic society, which residing house many available ends, impose monotonous, habitual demands on persons. This stifles individual creativity, reduces the self to a cog in a device, and finally leads to boredom. yet another cultural explanation is that we've inherited the assumption of an different-worldly paradise, and this vale of tears hardly lives as much as the expectancies fostered with the aid of that.
2016-11-09 21:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boredom is the result of choosing the wrong perspectives. We currently live by the material and spiritual perspectives neither of which explain reality as it is. That is why two perspectives are necessary.
The correct perspective is "you are value." In fact everything is made only of value. Try computing that and your will not have time to be bored.
2007-06-09 05:32:26 · answer #5 · answered by Wizard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a great question. I have no idea, but I think that if our society could become less dependant on electronics, boredom would dissapear, because we would be more skilled in entertaining ourselves.
2007-06-09 03:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by Jordi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We invented boredom by making our life easier. But I believe we can spend our life like our ancestors did. They did not have all these privileges and yet they enjoyed their life more than we did. They went out of their homes, they played, they strolled, etc. If we follow their example then our life will become more eventful and adventurous. Like today I returned from my trip to Manali and believe it, I enjoyed it more than the net.
2007-06-09 03:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by weirdo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we killed boredom. I find myself ever hyper-stimulated since I got on-line. I'm always thinking, always have something on my mind. --"Big Brother", to me, is from the book 1984 By George Orwell.
People who choose to be bored will be boring; people who take interest will be interesting. Doesn't matter what era we live in.
2007-06-09 03:32:14 · answer #8 · answered by Luxifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get as much out of life as you are willing to put into it... people who think the world owes them a living or a life are usually too lazy to collect it.
2007-06-09 03:23:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's full of wonder deep inside the world, we're just too lazy to reach beyond the world of ordinary.
2007-06-09 03:39:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋