Eight Years Grooving: The Theory of Boredom | George Loewenstein (Republish)
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Hey Groovers, this is Tim to introduce you to one of our favorite episodes from our eight year history. We're sharing the top eight episodes as bonuses in our run up to our eighth anniversary in October 2025. See that? Top eight episodes, eighth anniversary. Got it. At the same time, we're celebrating the publishing of five hundred episodes of behavioral groups. Because of both of these milestones, we're inviting you to join us for a celebration party in Minneapolis.
Professor Nick Epley of the University of Chicago will be speaking live at the event and sharing observations from his lifelong research on happiness. We hope to see you there. If you'd like to join us in Minneapolis, there's an invite in the show notes of this episode. Do. Join us.
Okay, back to this episode. This is episode sixty-seven from April twenty-first, twenty nineteen, with our guest, George Lowenstein, talking about a functional theory of boredom. George is a professor of behavioral science at Carnegie Mellon University. And why is this in the top eight? Well For one thing, George has never interviewed.
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