[jermberj]

I don’t mean to be too negative here, but the author sat one time for twenty minutes in boredom and now is making a prescription that we should all spend more time in boredom.

In my opinion, I don’t even think they’re wrong in their prescription. But seriously think about that. One “walling”. Universal prescription. Hmm.

[baq]

That’s more or less what most people did a century and change ago every day. Being bored is somewhat of a lost art nowadays. Good or bad I’m not sure but I definitely feel the tug of the smartphone when faced with boredom.

[rchaud]

You make it sound as if the tech world hasn't been worshipping at the altar of stoicism, which is also pretty "one-size fits all".