When you’re frantically trying to get ahead of the pack, sometimes you forget to check in and see if the pack is actually headed in the right direction.
To be “bored” is to be free of distraction. I have configured servers, written code, built web pages and designed sites seen by hundreds of thousands of people. I am firmly in the camp that believes technology is generally bending the world in a positive direction. Yet it seems twitter foments neurosis, Facebook sadness, Google News a sense of foreboding. All social networking sites make me want to do it – whatever “it” may be – for the likes, the comments. I can’t help but feel that I am the worst version of myself, being performative on a very short, very depressing timeline. In the context of “boredom” as a goal, the antipode of the mindless connectivity, constant simulations, anger and dissatisfaction. I put “boredom” in quotes because the boredom I’m talking about fosters a heightened sense of presence. To be “bored” is to be free of distraction.