Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 year ago

People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts

www.theatlantic.com

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People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts

www.theatlantic.com

Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 year ago

A new study finds we're not very good at entertaining ourselves.

A new study finds we’re not very good at entertaining ourselves. By Matthew Hutson

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The Atlantic being a dick paywalled this article.

Here’s the last archived version -

https://web.archive.org/web/20230322174035/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/people-prefer-electric-shocks-to-being-alone-with-their-thoughts/373936/

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