The Boredom That Comes Before Brilliance

Every summer kicks off with a reminder that boredom is good for kids, yet the same can be said of adults. Manoush Zomorodi was bored out of her mind pushing her newborn son’s stroller around for hours, but it was during those walks she stumbled upon a brilliant alternative to her former career as a journalist on the front lines. Once she had an iPhone, though, her boredom evaporated and so, too, did her brilliant ideas. So, she sought to find out what happens in the brain when we’re bored.

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