In Defense of Boredom

This is what GPT4o thinks: “Boredom Van Gogh Style” look like.

Boredom is often seen as a curse, but for me, it was the gateway to freedom and discovery.

I grew up on the edge of a lake, 10 miles from the nearest town, on a two lane paved road that might see a half dozen cars pass throughout the day, but then again, the world’s population was half what it is now — there were simply far less people around . . . 4 billion less people, that’s not a small number, so when I say a quiet two…