Boredom can be a beneficial tool for your intellectual life. But it can also lead you to infinite scrolling on addictive social media apps. In this video I give you an idea for a pocket notebook that can help you free yourself from the infinite scroll and help you utilize your boredom for your own intellectual good.

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0:00 - Boredom can be a tool for deep thinking
3:38 - Pocket commonplace books
4:37 - Pocket notebooks for contemplation
7:30 - Stoicism vs Pythagoreanism
9:34 - A history of artificial intelligence
11:57 - The Neoplatonic Trinity
12:30 - my favorite pocket notebooks