Just gave a 35-min online talk + Q&A to 115 financial regulators from countries including US, UK, Australia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Uganda (over 20 nations in total) about Bitcoin
In the audience was the director of the central bank of paraguay, deputy director of the central bank of pakistan. director of the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) for Brazil, deputy director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and many divisional heads.
A big focus for the talk was how Bitcoin is financial inclusion technology for the world's 1.4Billion unbanked, and how it is financial freedom technology for human rights activists around the world. Strongly featured the work of Alex Gladstein and HRF, the work of Bitcoin mining companies who are helping bring people out of energy poverty, while stabilizing the grid and improving energy security and affordability, and the work of the Digital Assets Research Institute who've quantified how Bitcoin has been used as re-locatable re-settlement money for 329,000 refugees.
Most had not seen any of the data I'd shared, and were eager to see the real world data that backed up these stories - which thanks to the people and entities mentioned above, we have a lot of.
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That's 3 pretty important things that you miss out on when you rush to escape boredom! When you constantly fill every spare moment with scrolling, podcasts, or video, you suppress the DMN.
2. It Fosters "Divergent Thinking"
Creativity isn't just about having ideas; it's about having novel and useful ideas, it's about generating many different solutions to a problem.
Studies have shown that participants who were first made to perform a boring task (like reading a phone book) subsequently performed better on creative tasks than those who were not bored.
This is because boredom creates an "aversive state. Your brain is unsatisfied with the current low level of stimulation. To escape this state, it starts explore internal thoughts, leading to more original, imaginative outcomes
3. It Builds Tolerance for Uncomfortable Feelings
Our modern reflex to reach for a phone at the slightest trace of boredom is a form of avoidance.
Constant distraction prevents us from learning to sit with mild discomfort. This can lower our overall threshold for frustration and make you more impulsive
Allowing yourself to be bored is a gentle exercise in mindfulness and emotional regulation. You learn that the feeling "I need to be stimulated right now" will pass and that uou don't need an external device to manage your internal state. This builds mental resilience
4. It Leads to Authentic Motivation
Boredom is your brain telling you, "What I'm doing is not that meaningful or engaging."
This feeling motivates you to seek out a more challenging activities. It might push you to finally start that habit, call a friend, or just get off your butt and go outside. This is motivation born is your true inner motivation, not the external motivation of someone else's algorithm.
I guess what it comes down to is "do you want to outsource your motivation to a tech company?"
How to "Practice" productive boredom:
Delete social media and games from your home screen ( makes accessing them an intentional act)
Embrace "Micro-Boredom": Instead of pulling out your phone while in a line, just wait. Let your mind wander.
Schedule Unstructured Time: Literally put "time with self" in your calendar
Boredom is not an emptiness to be urgently filled. It is an invitation to increase your self-awareness, creativity, and intrinsic motivation.
By rushing to fill the gap, you rob your mind of one of its most vital functions: the power to simply be with yourself. 
