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Comment by chriswoodford

> Bertrand Russell wrote an essay about this, which OP might be riffing off of

He absolutely is. I had Kingwell as a professor for an undergraduate seminar that focused on, what I imagine were, his early thoughts surrounding boredom. We read In Praise of Idleness, but also Virilio's Speed and Politics. Made for a really interesting juxtaposition.

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