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Douglas Todd Beware The Boredom Boom

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Unit 3 Beware the Boredom Boom The crisis of boredom is a topic explored by Douglas Todd, the religion and ethics writer for the Vancouver Sun, in “Beware the Boredom Boom” he states that chronic boredom is a matter to be concerned about as it raises” “complex questions about the human condition.” He supports this matter by giving examples of published authors and their works about boredom. He points out that despite having many things to fill our time with, we are still looking for more novel things to do to keep our attention. He explains that almost three out of four North Americans say they crave more novelty in their lives and there are sixty nine percent of people that agree with this. He notices that it isn’t just students and seniors

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