{"id":2432,"date":"2013-04-10T10:16:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:16:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:16:02","slug":"why-your-iphone-addiction-is-snuffing-your-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/04\/10\/why-your-iphone-addiction-is-snuffing-your-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your iPhone Addiction Is Snuffing Your Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having a stimulation fix in your pocket isn’t always the best for you. In praise of the power of boredom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

You know the feeling–you’re walking to the coffee machine, and you feel a tingle of knowledge-needing excitement. You pull out your phone to check Twitter, and promptly walk into a wall.<\/p>\n

Your iPhone acts like an endless supply of Cheetos<\/q><\/p>\n

And while that may be what’s happening with your face, it’s also what’s happening with your creative energy. When we’re constantly thumbing at our smartphones, our minds are always engaged–yay, stimulation!–but we’re not actually thinking about anything. Like Brian S. Hall at ReadWrite<\/a> says, since we never get bored, we never get creative.<\/p>\n

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Having a stimulation fix in your pocket isn’t always the best for you. In praise of the power of boredom. You know the feeling–you’re walking to the coffee machine, and you feel a tingle of knowledge-needing excitement. You pull out your phone to check Twitter, and promptly walk into a wall. Your iPhone acts like … <\/p>\n

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