Bored and brilliant : how time spent doing nothing changes everything
Zomorodi, Manoush2018
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Being bored is bad, right? We'll certainly do anything to avoid it and with smartphones we need never be bored again, as we reply to our emails 24 hours a day, tweet as we watch TV, watch TV as we commute, check Facebook as we walk and Instagram while we eat. Stimulation is good. But what if it's not? What if what happens when our mind 'wanders' is an essential part of how our brains work and crucial to our concentration and ability to think creatively? What if your relationship with distraction is stopping you from living your fullest life? When award-winning journalist Manoush Zomorodi posed these question to her listeners on her hugely popular New York public radio Podcast, the answer, from neuroscientists, psychologists and experts was a resounding yes. So over the course of a week, she led her listeners through a week of exercises designed to help them reassess their technology habits.
Main title:
Bored and brilliant : how time spent doing nothing changes everything / Manoush Zomorodi.
Author:
Zomorodi, Manoush, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2018.
Collation:
192 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781509841165 (hbk)
Dewey class:
153.3
LC class:
BF575.B67
Local class:
153.3
Language:
English
BRN:
2163752