About this episode

Sam and Parker discuss the challenges of experiencing boredom and the impact of digital distractions on our ability to feel pleasure.

Sam and Parker are back from a week off, and it exposed something neither of them expected. A TikTok video they came across on anhedonia - the idea that we've lost the ability to feel pleasure without a dopamine hit - sparked a conversation about rest, numbness, and why doing nothing feels so hard. They dig into the difference between nothing and numbing, why people at camp light up once their phones disappear, and whether real stillness is a skill we've quietly lost.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Panitch, Parker Yablon

Topics covered

• boredom
• anhedonia
• rest
• numbness
• digital detox
• stillness

Keywords

• boredom
• anhedonia
• dopamine
• rest
• numbness
• digital detox
• stillness
• pleasure
• phones

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: TikTok

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