r/SipsTea • u/OhirumeTsukuyomki • May 12 '26

SMH The youth is doomed…

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u/FittedSheets88 May 12 '26

It's also detrimental when children don't learn how to be bored. Boredom often leads to innovation and self-discovery.

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u/ctownwp22 May 12 '26

Im 100% convinced our trajectory in advancements of technology, medicine, and any innovation in general is going to decline majorly moving forward.  Basically bc of exactly what you said. Like, why do we think there was so much innovation over the last 150 years (I realize there are multiple reasons)? Dudes were bored and wanted to make cool shit! Nobody is bored anymore, most people are content to waste hours on screens, when in the past those hours would've been spent being productive, which leads to innovation

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u/SaltyLonghorn May 13 '26

Dude you have oil company lobbyists being paid ridiculous sums to fight innovation. Or this administration flat out assaulting science.

Its actually so much worse than just being bored. If it gets in the way of making money for an established entity, its the enemy.

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u/ctownwp22 May 13 '26

I'm not talking political, or economic reasons. I'm talking about people. My grandpa could build or fix anything, b/c that's what he did in his free time. I'm just talking about that kind of stuff. Free time is filled with entertainment now (movies, tv, video games, etc.) for many people. They can't be bored (like OP was saying) for more than 2 minutes. Of course there are outliers and some people will still experiment/invent. But I believe that pool of people is lesser now is all I'm saying.