Most people are, in the most ordinary sense, very limited. They pass time, day after day, bored, and seeking escape from the present moment. This is one of the most urgent problems for Civilization. Sociologist Call it alienation.
One of its many symptoms is boredom and passivity. The kind of passivity that breeds mediocrity, and allows people to be knowingly manipulated and not only allow, but support the dictatorial government.
ON THE MENU COLUMN, AT THE BOTTOM IS THE LINK ON PASSIVITY. CLICK THE LINK THEN DOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT. READ IT CAREFULLY. POST HOW IT IMPACTED YOU EMOTIONALLY? WHAT DID YOU LEARN OF VALUE? HOW CAN YOU USE THIS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ON PROCRASTINATION. POST WHAT YOU LEARNED OF VALUE AND WHAT YOU LEARNED THAT YOU CAN APPLY TO YOUR LIFE.
Is Procrastination always bad? Can it be good? http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html
Why Wait? https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/why-wait-the-science-behind-procrastination
Does staring at a computer for two hours count as creativity? https://bit.ly/2Oj5IQU
Waiting versus Idleness: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/02/10/waiting-versus-idleness/
Later: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/11/later
The virtues of daydreaming: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/frontal-cortex/the-virtues-of-daydreaming
An idle mind can be a workshop of self discovery: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-30-la-he-brain-20100830-story.html
