Is there any benefit to boredom?

It is fair to say that boredom is a distinctly modern terror. But, as Stan Grant discusses with Waleed and Scott, what if existential boredom points us to our deeper need?

An episode of the The Minefield podcast, hosted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, titled "Is there any benefit to boredom?" was published on August 2, 2023 and runs 54 minutes.

August 2, 2023 ·54m · The Minefield

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It is fair to say that boredom is a distinctly modern terror. But, as Stan Grant discusses with Waleed and Scott, what if existential boredom points us to our deeper need?

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It is fair to say that boredom is a distinctly modern terror. But, as Stan Grant discusses with Waleed and Scott, what if existential boredom points us to our deeper need?

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