<p>You're mindlessly scrolling through your phone, holding the entirety of the internet in your hand, but you're still bored out of your gourd. Why? And what can you do about it?</p><br><p>In this episode, David Yokum sits down with <a href="http://boredomlab.org/people/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Eastwood</a>, co-author of <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984677" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom</em></a><em> </em>and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University to discuss his research on boredom and its association with the unengaged mind.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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The Policy Lab

Why Are We Bored? (with John Eastwood)

DEC 16, 202066 MIN
30,000 Leagues

Why Are We Bored? (with John Eastwood)

DEC 16, 202066 MIN

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<p>You're mindlessly scrolling through your phone, holding the entirety of the internet in your hand, but you're still bored out of your gourd. Why? And what can you do about it?</p><br><p>In this episode, David Yokum sits down with <a href="http://boredomlab.org/people/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Eastwood</a>, co-author of <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984677" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom</em></a><em> </em>and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University to discuss his research on boredom and its association with the unengaged mind.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>