Boredom, A Human Strategy, Matt Berry, aphorism 298
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We have finally discovered that the word “freedom” has floated away from the center, and in its place we find the word, “Boredom.”
Boredom is a satiety which nevertheless still lacks something ... a want of excitement, by which we preserve an advantage: deadened “needs” permit us to introduce stimuli with delicate, retractable instruments.
We have finally discovered that the word “freedom” has floated away from the center, and in its place we find the word, “Boredom.”
Boredom is a satiety which nevertheless still lacks something ... a want of excitement, by which we preserve an advantage: deadened “needs” permit us to introduce stimuli with delicate, retractable instruments.