Host Eli Mercer explores why boredom is essential for creativity and mental resilience. Drawing on Cal Newport's digital minimalism research, Stoic philosophy, and neuroscience on the brain's default mode network, this episode argues that compulsive phone-checking is about avoiding uncomfortable silence with our own thoughts.

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