James Danckert
@jamesdanckert.bsky.social
All things boredom. Which essentially means everything else too.
I'll be one of those authors - unfortunately, the money means very little to either side - Anthropic doesn't care - pay the fine, business as usual. We need better regulations.
That guy@stuartbayens.bsky.social · 2w agoA federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
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People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.
My heart goes out to everyone evacuating Northwest Ontario due to the wildfires. We need a preparedness plan that funds and supports wildland firefighters before there's an emergency, not after the fire's already putting lives at risk.
Why are you so boring? (that's the original title for this PT blog) - we showed that when people seem to lack agency, they also seem boring! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...
What Makes for a Boring Person?
Behaving as though you lack control over your own life will often lead others to see you as boring.
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Had a great chat with the folks @sciencevs.bsky.social about boredom - you can hear it here open.spotify.com/episode/03d7...
Boredom: Is It Good For You?
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Loved this toon as a kid - underrated IMHO
The Saint of Sinners!@thesaintofsinn1.bsky.social · 4mo agoNumber one super guy
What does boredom look like as an embodied experience? Not much it turns out! Although there may well be distinct profiles - just out in Personality and Individual Diffs kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Talked to Tanya Basu last week about money, boredom, and the search for an interesting life. Highly recommend her latest piece on our work: open.substack.com/pub/boredolo...
Who gets more bored, rich people or poor people?
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I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!
Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests
Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone
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I've been asked a lot in the media about raw-dogging boredom - and I just think it's dumb (original title for this @psychologytoday.bsky.social was "Raw-dogging boredom is dumb" - apparently that was offensive!) Here's my take: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode...
Why Raw-Dogging Boredom Is Not a Good Idea
The TikTok trend of surviving a long-haul flight while doing nothing misses the point of boredom altogether—that we need to act, not be more bored.
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Starting a new blog @psychologytoday.bsky.social - hope you enjoy it www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mode... This first one has the ever-present psychology myth himself - Mr. Phineas Gage!
For the Love of Boredom
Boredom is prone to myth-making — much like the story of Phineas Gage. This matters. If we believe certain myths about boredom, it could lead us astray in how we respond.
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Still one of the greatest albums ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBv7...
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YouTube video by Urge Overkill - Topic
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Maybe there's some traction to this idea that boredom won't make you creative! Another piece on why raw-dogging boredom is dumb! www.inc.com/jessica-stil...
Despite Popular Trends, Neuroscience Says You Don’t Really Need to Be Bored More Often
The idea that we need more boredom in our overstimulated lives is popular right now. One neuroscientist is calling B.S. on it.
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I don’t know about you but I could sure go for a mosquito bite and a sunburn right now.
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This chat with @nautil.us is pretty much unedited - and I'm really happy with that. Raw-dogging boredom is just stupid IMHO nautil.us/why-the-do-n...
Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You
Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You: Boredom lab researcher James Danckert says our collective obsession is misplaced.
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Really nice clear explanations of why boredom is still a problem in our times and why a one-time "do nothing for 8 hours" isn't going to fix it from @jamesdanckert.bsky.social here: nautil.us/why-the-do-n... (Thanks for the shout out, as always!)
Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You
Why the Do Nothing Challenge Doesn’t Do Much for You: Boredom lab researcher James Danckert says our collective obsession is misplaced.
nautil.us
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AI and LLMs trend towards sameness of expression - it might just make us all more boring! www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-...
Is AI Making Us Boring?
AI works by predicting the most likely next thing, but in doing so, it risks becoming predictable and monotonous—and so do we if we rely too much on the tool.
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