Vsauce's video: Why Do We Get Bored

Follow Michael Stevens for daily sauce: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS TO EVERYTHING BELOW: "Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy [VIDEO]: http://ow.ly/o2yI6 "Cosmological Principle" by Zach McCoy on iTunes: http://ow.ly/o2Al4 EXTREME HOLE BORING VIDEO: http://ow.ly/o2yH1 Genie documentary: http://ow.ly/o2ymk VICE deprivation documentary: http://ow.ly/o2yjx 10MinutesOfYourLife channel: http://ow.ly/o2yJz take a train across Russia: http://ru-train.appspot.com/en Boredom Proness Scale: 1 for highly disagree 4 for neutral 7 for highly agree http://uwf.edu/svodanov/boredom/bps.htm Excel file download: http://ow.ly/o2yOg Great books on boredom: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boredom-Lively-History-Peter-Toohey/dp/0300181841 http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Philosophy-Boredom-Lars-Svendsen/dp/1861892179/ref=pd_sim_b_1 "bore" etymology: http://etymonline.com/?term=bore Jennifer Schuelssler article on boredom: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?_r=1& Anna Gosline article on boredom: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bored--find-something-to-live-for Flow: http://ow.ly/o2ESd GANZFELD EFFECT HOW-TO: http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Graphic/2009/01/10/11brain2axx__1231575167_0544.jpg Sensory Deprivation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation More Genie links: http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/genie.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child) Thomas Silverstien: http://ow.ly/o2ykG Robert Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrasting_and_categorization_of_emotions more boredom links: http://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/e7xkr/the_value_of_boredom/ http://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1753724,00.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080404203906/http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/boring.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement ****** Besides last song, 'Trip Hop' song, and reflective guitar song: MUSIC by Jake Chudnow: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow Trip Hop and guitar music from: http://www.audionetwork.com