How Boredom Can Lead to Brilliance

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 23, 2017

Manoush Zomorodi, host and managing editor of WNYC's Note to Self and the author of Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (St. Martin's Press, 2017), talks about resetting how we use our digital devices, and explores the benefits of boredom.

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