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Why boredom makes you seek something new

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That agonizing feeling of having nothing to do is just your evolutionary programming screaming at you to go secure resources. Without boredom, early humans would have just sat by a tree until they starved. It is a highly uncomfortable biological cattle prod designed to make you productive.

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