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In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit Is King

In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit Is King

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  • Author: Nicholas Carr from New Cartographies
  • Full Title: In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit Is King
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  • Abundance breeds boredom. When there’s no end of choices, each choice feels disappointing. Listening to or watching one thing means you’re not listening to or watching all the other things you might be listening to or watching. Reynolds quotes a telling line from Karla Starr’s 2008 article “When Every Song Ever Recorded Fits on Your MP3 Player, Will You Listen to Any of Them?” Confessed Starr: “I find myself getting bored even in the middle of songs simply because I can.”