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When was the last time you were bored?

I mean sitting around, twiddling your thumbs with nothing to do.

I'd say never.

These days they're about a million ways to avoid being bored, and most of them can be found

on your phone.

Think about it.

One was the last time you truly just sat in the emptiness of your own thoughts while

you were riding the bus or walking your dog or waiting in line at the grocery store.

In these moments, the first thing we all do is search for that device, patting your

pocket, looking for it, rummaging through your bag, relieved when you find it, only to

check your texts, emails, fill your ears with music, or with the podcast like the one

you're listening to right now.

Yes, I'm talking to you.

I'm a doobach in Ola.

This is Ted Business.

Boredom has effectively been banished from our lives, but what are the true costs?

Manouche Zamorote is here to tell us.

She's the host of the podcast Zigzag and of NPR's Ted Radio Hour.

She's also the author of Bored and Brilliant, how spacing out can unlock your most creative

self.

In this talk, we'll hear how she got thousands of listeners to join her in a challenge to

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