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The Joy Of Boredom By Carolyn Johnson

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The Importance of Boredom In her essay “The Joy of Boredom,” Carolyn Johnson focuses on the effects technological distractions have on everyday boredom and how boredom is very important in a person’s life. She explains that when a person gets bored they have time to explore one’s internal self and technology takes away the time for self thought and connection. Her reasoning for this is that today’s society has a fear of not being connected through cell phones, computers, and the internet. She shows research showing that many people get anxious when not connected to the world via the internet. This is a problem because when a person is addicted to technology they have something to do 100% of the time which takes away from the time they could use for internal exploration. Johnson’s argument is convincing because it is based on what society has turned into. Everyday these things are happening and it is clear. Studies have shown and she has explained how technology is taking away from time which could be used for self thought and examination. Johnson’s reasonings on the importance of boredom in one’s life make perfect sense. In paragraph eight she explains …show more content…

But these small advantages do not compare to the huge disadvantages put on people in our society everyday. Most people do not even realize they are addicted. Johnson asserts that technology “has crept up on people and radically changed behavior and expectations in ways few people could have predicted” (Johnson 585). At one point or another connectivity became a huge part of a huge chunk of our world today. Today’s society functions on connectivity and the fact that Madison can reach into her pocket and facetime her cousin in Cairns, Australia even though there are hours and miles between them, a conversation can be had as if the two were right next to each

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