What might appear to be laziness is actually justified effort management.
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If you’ve ever struggled with chores while your freeloading siblings looked on, you might relate to these tiny insects.
Would you rather lounge in front of your TV than sweat in the gym? Your distant ancestors may well be (a little) responsible for your lack of motivation.
Scholars link the emergence of the term boredom to European industrial modernity, and the standardization of time, repetitive labour and development of leisure time associated with it.
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