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by announcerman 2999 days ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, boredom is incredibly important if you want to synthesize data. We're constantly absorbing huge quantities of news and information all day but never sit down and actually think about it.
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Also known as reflection

And no doubt. Especially with people (myself included at times) peering and swiping through lists of content as we try to coax ourselves to sleep at night— traditionally an optimal time for reflection.

I think it can't be emphasized enough how necessary it can be to just reflect a while without that everlasting pull to some other flighty distraction