Boredom

Published: April 8, 2020, 11:07 a.m.

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In this episode of Histories of the Unexpected, James and Sam explore the unexpected history of BOREDOM, which is all about British imperialism, travel, the armed forces, governors, sea voyages, Elizabethan gentlewomen, controlling the working classes in post WWII Canada!


Boredom is the root of all evil \\u2013 the despairing refusal to be oneself. \\u2013 Soren Kierkegaard


Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom. \\u2013 Bertrand Russell


The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. \\u2013 Ellen Parr



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