Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)
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Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)
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#2“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”
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#3“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”
I think there’s value in talking extensively to 15 people and writing a paper reflecting on their different human experiences. The paper even handily posits a hypothesis on the role of boredom in everyone’s life.
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#4“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”
Thank you for posting this. I was daunted by the jargon in the abstract, and came here to see if it was going to be worth my time.
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#5“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”
Thank you for posting this. I was daunted by the jargon in the abstract, and came here to see if it was going to be worth my time.
I think the abstract is pretty clear about the semistructured interviews though? I didn't feel lied to as a reader at least.
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#6“The primary source of data was interviews conducted with 15 people…”
If you can read a blog post by 1 person on this subject seriously, you can read a summary of an interview of 15 people. I downloaded the epub. This line sold me to read it.
>In this article, we coin the term ‘mundane emotions’ to draw attention to everyday routines and the distinctive emotions that flow from them (De Certeau 1988; Lefebvre 2004). For example, commuting, cleaning or cooking routines, for some, may provide precious moments of comfort and calm after the daily grind. These very same routines may leave others feeling empty and bemoaning the absence of spontaneity, excitement and joy in their lives
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#7This article really resonated with me both in regard to the mundane and profound boredom aspects. For the mundane, obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling (with the justification that I occasionally find content like this). While the profound boredom experienced during the start of Covid made me realise I wasn’t living up to what I thought were my values. I then started volunteering with the local emergency service which has been one of the best life decisions I’ve made.
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#8This article really resonated with me both in regard to the mundane and profound boredom aspects. For the mundane, obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling (with the justification that I occasionally find content like this). While the profound boredom experienced during the start of Covid made me realise I wasn’t living up to what I thought were my values. I then started volunteering with the local eme…
I’d say that if you’re constantly refreshing Hacker News, you’re a good candidate for ebooks on HN-like subjects. I made a conscious decision to switch to that from HN and Reddit, and I’d say I’ve cut my usage of both by about 75%. Which was a good outcome for me, because it switched me from learning many topics shallowly, to learning a few from ebooks deeply (example, Soni’s The Founders book on PayPal’s history).
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#9This article really resonated with me both in regard to the mundane and profound boredom aspects. For the mundane, obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling (with the justification that I occasionally find content like this). While the profound boredom experienced during the start of Covid made me realise I wasn’t living up to what I thought were my values. I then started volunteering with the local eme…
This echoes my own experiences. Where did you look for volunteering opportunities?
Re: Mundane emotions: Losing yourself in boredom, time and technology (2022)
#10This article really resonated with me both in regard to the mundane and profound boredom aspects. For the mundane, obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling (with the justification that I occasionally find content like this). While the profound boredom experienced during the start of Covid made me realise I wasn’t living up to what I thought were my values. I then started volunteering with the local eme…
> obsessively refreshing hacker news is my doom scrolling
Yeah. I really need to add this site to my hosts file or something. I learn a lot here but I want to do other stuff too...
> I then started volunteering with the local emergency service which has been one of the best life decisions I’ve made.
Thank you for your work. I'm sure it's made a huge difference in a lot of people's lives.