There was a study that a person plucked from modern world will self administer pain (electric shocks), rather than be bored. - study
Being bored is significantly better than distracting yourself: Ted Talk: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
If You Cant Be Bored You Are Easy to Manipulate
Link to original~If you can’t be bored for 5-10 minutes, then it makes you very fragile and makes you very easy to manipulate. tim-ferris/podclip
Mans Ability to Stop Just Where He Is and Pass Some Time in His Own Company
Link to original“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.” - seneca