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Bored With Time?

Cathal Horan is distracted by the eternal search for meaning.

No matter what we do or where we live, boredom manages to seek us out. We may create elaborate schemes to attempt to prevent the onset of boredom, but these are never foolproof.

Take waiting as evidence of this. Waiting for the bus for example, we impatiently look at our watch more frequently than we would normally. We stand up, walk around, or begin to fidget with anything within reach.

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