Lars Svendsen

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A utopia cannot, by deļ¬nition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Boredom
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Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Tradition
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Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Animal
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Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Profound
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For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Bored
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One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come.
- Lars Svendsen
Collection: Bored