Bertrand Russell Quotes

Among those who are rich enough to choose their way of life, the particular brand of unendurable boredom from which they suffer is due, paradoxical as this may seem, to their fear of boredom.In flying from the fructifying kind of boredom, they fall a prey to the other far worse kind. A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.4: Boredom and excitement
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There are many young people who spend all day on their smartphones in order to get information and have fun. Even on the train, about half of the passengers are on their phones. Do they feel uncomfortable if they are not playing with their phones, or do they feel uncomfortable with the way people look at them?  Not many people look out the train windows, and few (if any) are pensive as a good opportunity for contemplation.  Whether modern life, with its flood of information and conveniences, is really happier than the idyllic life of the past...well, that depends on the person, but it seems to me that QOL (Quality of Life) would be better if we reduced the amount of tinkering with our smartphones, wouldn't it?