TED: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi

TED: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi

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Information Technology (IT), Architecture

11th Grade - University

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The speaker shares her journey from boredom during motherhood to creating a public radio show, highlighting how technology affects our attention and creativity. She introduces the Bored and Brilliant project, which encourages people to reduce smartphone use to boost creativity. Participants share their experiences, and the project shows that even small reductions in phone use can lead to increased creativity and empowerment. The talk emphasizes the importance of boredom for creativity and the need for digital literacy to help people use technology wisely.

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What new insight or understanding did you gain from this video?

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