Sal DiStefano
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You're still drawn to it.
You're still drawn to it.
You're still drawn to it.
There it is right there.
There it is right there.
There it is right there.
It's crazy. Yeah. It's, it's, it's for 15 minutes. Imagine being there for an hour.
It's crazy. Yeah. It's, it's, it's for 15 minutes. Imagine being there for an hour.
It's crazy. Yeah. It's, it's, it's for 15 minutes. Imagine being there for an hour.
Yeah, I think that's more, that could be more complicated. Like they want attention. This is literally just about being bored. Right. And so Arthur Brooks is saying, when you want this side of your brain, when this side of the brain lights up and allows you to start to contemplate Like big questions, like importantly, purpose and meaning and why this happens and why that happens.
Yeah, I think that's more, that could be more complicated. Like they want attention. This is literally just about being bored. Right. And so Arthur Brooks is saying, when you want this side of your brain, when this side of the brain lights up and allows you to start to contemplate Like big questions, like importantly, purpose and meaning and why this happens and why that happens.
Yeah, I think that's more, that could be more complicated. Like they want attention. This is literally just about being bored. Right. And so Arthur Brooks is saying, when you want this side of your brain, when this side of the brain lights up and allows you to start to contemplate Like big questions, like importantly, purpose and meaning and why this happens and why that happens.
You have to do nothing. And he said, it's so painful, people would rather shock themselves and distract themselves than just sit there. Now, what's the solution? Because he said, getting people to just be bored is like good luck. It's very difficult. It's almost impossible. So he said, one of the ways you could do this is by occupying the left side of the brain by doing something repetitive.
You have to do nothing. And he said, it's so painful, people would rather shock themselves and distract themselves than just sit there. Now, what's the solution? Because he said, getting people to just be bored is like good luck. It's very difficult. It's almost impossible. So he said, one of the ways you could do this is by occupying the left side of the brain by doing something repetitive.
You have to do nothing. And he said, it's so painful, people would rather shock themselves and distract themselves than just sit there. Now, what's the solution? Because he said, getting people to just be bored is like good luck. It's very difficult. It's almost impossible. So he said, one of the ways you could do this is by occupying the left side of the brain by doing something repetitive.
So just walking, just walking without listening to anything, without doing anything, just walking allows you to kind of be in that boredom, right? And I can do that. I can just walk, just sitting and doing nothing. I'd rather shoot myself in the face, you know? But walking, so what he did with his pilgrimage, he's like walking and doing the rosary, which is a repetitive prayer. You memorize it.
So just walking, just walking without listening to anything, without doing anything, just walking allows you to kind of be in that boredom, right? And I can do that. I can just walk, just sitting and doing nothing. I'd rather shoot myself in the face, you know? But walking, so what he did with his pilgrimage, he's like walking and doing the rosary, which is a repetitive prayer. You memorize it.
So just walking, just walking without listening to anything, without doing anything, just walking allows you to kind of be in that boredom, right? And I can do that. I can just walk, just sitting and doing nothing. I'd rather shoot myself in the face, you know? But walking, so what he did with his pilgrimage, he's like walking and doing the rosary, which is a repetitive prayer. You memorize it.
So you go through over and over and over again, allows you to contemplate those types of things.
So you go through over and over and over again, allows you to contemplate those types of things.