Pretty much everyone's gotten themselves into that awkward situation where you and your conversation partner run out of things to say to each other. It's usually followed by some confusion: Am I less ...

Not all cars can be heart-stoppingly exciting. For 99 percent of the population, a car is just something to get folks from Point A to Point B, and there's nothing really wrong with that... if you like ...

AI works by predicting the most likely next thing, but in doing so, it risks becoming predictable and monotonous—and so do we ...

While our culture tends to demonize boredom in favor of a hustle mindset focused on excitement and productivity, there’s plenty of joy and intentionality that can come from living a “boring” lifestyle ...

I loved school so much when I was little, I played “school” on the weekends. In my elementary school days, I’d set up my teddy bears, Grizzle and Grizzlette, and teach them how to read. I’d make up ...

The psychologist Sandi Mann recently interviewed Peter Willis to understand why he aims to photograph Britain’s 150,000 postboxes. As she explains in this extract from her new book on boredom, his ...

Eric Weiner finds that when you relinquish the spectacular, you’re rewarded with the quieter joy of the ordinary. An unspoken rule of travel is that, no matter what, you must avoid boring destinations ...

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Essential but so-called “boring” businesses, like waste management and HVAC, offer stability with consistent demand for services, high entry barriers and attractive long-term returns for investors.