Being bored by something is more than being uninterested in it. There’s an element of coerced attention and blocking of attention escape pathways. That’s why a gravity well is a good metaphor. There’s an escape velocity to reach and an energy barrier to overcome.
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The few things that have successfully escaped the deepening gravity well of boredom during the great weirding have been things driven by vast amounts of energy, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies or literal rocket launches from SpaceX
9:56 PM - 1 Apr 2019
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