Why I returned my iPad
Blogger Peter Bregman returned his iPad after little more than a week. Reason: it was too damn good, and that meant too much of a distraction.
| It's too easy. Too accessible.
Both too fast and too long-lasting ... For the most part, it does
everything I could want. Which, as it turns out, is a problem. Sure I might want to watch an episode of Weeds before going to sleep. But should I? It really is hard to stop after just one episode. And two hours later, I'm entertained and tired, but am I really better off? Or would it have been better to get seven hours of sleep instead of five? |
It didn't take him long to work out what was missing ...
| Boredom. Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom sets in, our minds begin to wander, looking for something exciting, something interesting to land on. And that's where creativity arises. My best ideas come to me when I am unproductive. When I am running but not listening to my iPod. When I am sitting, doing nothing, waiting for someone. When I am lying in bed as my mind wanders before falling to sleep. These "wasted" moments, moments not filled with anything in particular, are vital. They are the moments in which we, often unconsciously, organize our minds, make sense of our lives, and connect the dots. They're the moments in which we talk to ourselves. And listen. To lose those moments, to replace them with tasks and efficiency, is a mistake. What's worse is that we don't just lose them. We actively throw them away. |
Is he right? Got an iPad? Been missing anything lately ...?
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Comments
Those "wasted moments" are called meditation
Posted by: Ano | August 12, 2011 4:35 AM
It is not only case with the iPad being time waster. News about MSIE users IQ level, news about returning iPads, those tiny bits of information, entertainment, which superficially look like something important, informative, and useful, but are not.
Don't watch TV (just like that), read books, ride a bike, swim, play tennis, don't IRC, don't use FB (and any site alike), live _your_ life, don't feed yourself with others (mostly virtual) lives.
Posted by: macias | August 6, 2011 5:25 AM