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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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All this excess of information, games, shows and everything else is ruining our boredom, which is usually what leads us to think more creatively (programming.dev)

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We're kinda spoiled with "all the X we could want, whenever we want".

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[–] Merulox 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the device makes it easier to lack self-control

[–] Khanzarate 8 points 1 year ago

If you only have self-control because you have no outlet for boredom, you don't have self-control.

My dad used to get bored and go out in the woods and stick firecrackers into frogs. A lot of people in his generation died doing stupid things because they were bored. They didn't have phones, so they must have had self-control? Nah.

The kid won't be better without the device. They're not bad kids now. They're reacting, really badly, to an awful situation. It just so happens (not a coincidence, though, they're linked) that this particular technological innovation was at a similar time as all the shit above.