Problem
Boredom
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
BanalityBoringness
Dullness
Ennui
Sameness
Sterility
Stuffiness
Tedium
Tiresomeness
Vapidity
Wearisomeness
Bored people
Boring people
Nature:
Modern industry, through progressive automation of tasks, has created numerous highly specialized, repetitive job situations which lead to a feeling of boredom in the worker. Workers who formerly actively participated in tasks have come to act as mere observers or checkers. Boredom sets in and sensory acuity is reduced, attention wanders, with serious consequences for efficiency. Employees who experience boredom frequently exhibit low morale.
Many people without regular jobs may also be bored, including the retired, the aged, teenagers, slum dwellers, the unemployed, and students. Boredom in the military is a particular problem and has lead to use of narcotics; thus presenting, among those who operate nuclear weapon systems, missiles, planes, and computers, the possibility of an accident under narcotic influence.
Broader Problems:
Inactivity Narrower Problems:
Chronic boredomJaded appetitesBoredom of youthBoredom in hospitalBoredom of detentionBoredom of the elderlyIncreasing job monotonyBoredom in the militaryBoredom in refugee campsMonotonous quality of lifeUnstimulating entertainmentBoredom in rural communitiesPsychosocial deprivation of animalsBoredom of indigenous people in reservations Related Problems:
IgnoranceMelancholyAffectationDisenchantment with societyVulgarityNonuniformitySlownessUnimaginativeness Aggravates:
WarApathySuicideWasted timeShopliftingPornographyMental fatigueSubstance abuseMoral pretensionUnderproductivitySuperficial religionAircraft pilot fatigueMeaningless recreationHuman errors and miscalculationsDisruptive behaviour in institutionsDamage to infant brains from malnutrition Strategies:
ImaginingEnhancing diversitySlowing downRaising spiritsFertilizingReducing stiffnessIncreasing stiffnessAvoiding stuffy peopleReducing tediumTiring outPreventing vapidityBeing banalShowing characterDyingCoping with ennuiPreventing fatigueActing cautiously Subject(s):
Biosciences → GrowthIndividuation → Individuation
Life → Death
Society → People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
B: Basic universal problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST