Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
مانوش زومردي: كيف للملل أن يقودك إلى أروع الأفكار
Every week on her podcast "Note to Self," Manoush Zomorodi searches for answers to life’s digital quandaries. Full bio
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were born three weeks apart
ثلاث أسابيع
were lined up outside,
يصطفون خارج متاجر آبل
on this amazing new gadget,
الجديدة والمذهلة
with my hands full of something else
constant notifications --
with complete silence.
10 to 15 miles a day,
people into Belgrade
that something shifted, though.
when I finally did sleep again.
أستطيع العودة للنوم مرة أخرى.
of wandering into action.
إلى عمل على أرض الواقع
hosting a public radio show.
استضافة برنامج إذاعي
rushing off to war zones,
and on Twitter at the same time.
وعلى توتير في ذات الوقت.
of precious public radio dollars in you
my audience size tenfold.
عشرات الأضعاف
than writer's block, right?
waiting to be unearthed.
فكرة ستخرج من الأعماق.
I actually had a good idea?
خطرت لي فكرة جيدة؟
that damn stroller.
were filled with phone time.
في الانشغال بالهاتف
while I waited for my latte.
while I was sitting on the couch.
على الأريكة في الصالة
and my dear husband
another perfect couch
جميلة أخرى لأصورها وأضعها
boring people get bored?
المملين هم من يشعروا بالملل؟
when we get bored?
if we never get bored?
لا نشعر بالملل إطلاقًا؟
this human emotion entirely?
من هذا الشعور الإنساني تمامًا؟
and cognitive psychologists,
وعلماء النفس المعرفي،
called the "default mode."
في دماغك تُسمى "الوضع الافتراضي"
while we're folding the laundry
ونحن نطوي الملابس
gets really busy.
يكون الدماغ مشغولًا جدًا.
الدكتورة ساندي مان.
Once you start daydreaming
حينما تبدأ في أحلام اليقظة
beyond the conscious,
connections to take place.
نوع مختلف من الارتباطات.
is when we connect disparate ideas,
بين الأفكار المختلفة
nagging problems,
"autobiographical planning."
"تخطيط السيرة الذاتية"
we create a personal narrative,
وننشئ قصة شخصية
we need to take to reach them.
لتلك الأهداف.
also while updating a Google Doc
الأريكة ونحدث مستند ما على جوجل
Dr. Daniel Levitin says
الدكتور دانيل ليفتن
Every time you shift your attention
في كل مرة تقوم بتحويل انتباهك
a neurochemical switch
كيميائية عصبية
to accomplish that.
لتحقيق ذلك.
في ذات الوقت
or five things at once,
four or five things at once,
بأربع أو خمس أمور في آن واحد
from one thing to the next,
you're using glucose, glucose, glucose.
يتبعه تغيير وتستخدم المزيد من الجلوكوز
a limited supply of that stuff.
من هذه المواد.
our attention at work
انتباهنا في العمل
74 times a day,
على إيميله هو 74 مرة في اليوم
talking to professor of informatics,
مع أستاذ علم المعلومات
that when people are stressed,
الناس تحت بعض الضغوط
their attention more rapidly.
that a person gets,
to check Facebook.
التي يقضيها على فيس بوك
if we broke this vicious cycle?
هذه الدائرة الشريرة؟
those cracks in our day?
jump-start our creativity?
"Bored and Brilliant."
a couple hundred people to play along,
started signing up.
they were doing it
that their relationship with their phone
"codependent," shall we say.
" التعلق العاطفي " كما يُقال.
between a baby and its teddy bear
ودميته الدب
by a stranger --
شخص غريب
between me and my phone.
like a power tool:
أداة قوة لي
if I'm not handling it properly.
بشكل صحيح.
If I don't pay close attention,
إذا لم أُعطي انتباهي للوقت
that I've lost an hour of time
any improvement,
that would measure how much time
تقيس كمية الوقت
to download another app
less time on their phones:
where they are.
لكن لا بد أن تستمعوا لهؤلاء الناس
a day on our phones
did I get a new email?
رسالة جديدة مثلاً
at Bard College,
on my phone per day,
70 to 100 times per day.
that I could have spent
more creative, more towards myself,
I'm not doing anything important.
في أمور لا أهمية لها
to observe their own behavior.
سلوكهم مثل تينا
for challenge week.
to instructions in their inbox,
التي وصلتهم في بريدهم الإلكتروني،
to check it all day long,
اللإرادي بمعرفة الجديد
I am absolutely itching.
أنا جدًا متلهّفة لمعرفة الجديد.
that I pick up my phone
from one room to another,
that I am really embarrassed
is not actually her fault.
that the technology is built to trigger.
لتحرّكه في دواخلنا
Tristan Harris.
تريستان هاريس.
or I'm Netflix or I'm Snapchat,
فيسبوك أو نتفليكس أو سناب شات
more attention from you.
of Netflix recently said,
are Facebook, YouTube and sleep."
واليوتيوب، والنوم"
to spend your attention,
of "Transparent" ends,
I'll just stay up and watch it.
سأشاهد هذه الحلقة فقط "
says you are this close
أنكم قريبون جدًا
personal information.
to their customers as "users"
اسم "مستخدمين" على عملائهم
are worth a lot of money.
يساوون الكثير من المال
product manager and author,
The saying is, if any product is free
إذا كانت المنتج مجاني
your attention is the product.
إذن انتباهك هو المنتج المطلوب.
you load a page,
billions of times a day,
مليارات المرات يوميًا،
that one ad impression cost.
will spend two years of their life
ينفق سنتين من عمره
some creativity kick in.
that went up to the top of the station,
لأعلى المحطة
but I could go back up
وباستطاعتي العودة لأعلى مجددًا
and get a little cardio.
مارست بعض الرياضة
so I did it again and I did it again,
ففعلت ذلك مجددًا،
kind of exhausted,
that had never occurred to me.
يحدث لي لأول مرة.
different things to different people.
day three's challenge the hardest.
لكل المشاركين
it sucks you in --
and nearly cried.
know what I'm talking about.
in Los Angeles,
Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat and Vine
وسناب شات وفاين
emotional experience at first.
to look at that lock screen
إلى الشاشة المقفلة
my social networks,
to decide that for me.
هذا القرار بدلًا مني.
was very sad,
أمرًا حزينًا للغاية
when I've been on Twitter,
has really made me realize it.
جعلني أفهم ذلك واستوعبه
withdrawal feeling,
الانسحاب الرهيب حقا،
of these powerful tools.
لهذه الأدوات القوية.
that guilty gut feeling
I'm wasting time on my phone.
challenges and reminders like this
بعض التحديات وأذكرها بمثل هذا
what the numbers said
feeling kind of low,
changing people's behavior
is far beyond what we thought possible.
نظنه ممكنًا
were the people's stories.
أهمية مما تظهره الأرقام
the young people said most intriguing.
مثيرًا للاهتمام.
some of the emotions
without connectivity,
they're studying teenagers
وهم يدرسون المراهقين
while they're talking to their friends
خلال أحاديثهم مع أصدقائهم
they are less creative and imaginative
like violence in their neighborhoods.
مثل العنف في مناطقهم.
leadership competency.
did "Bored and Brilliant" that week.
في تحدي "ضجر ومميز".
who said he felt like he was waking up
قال أنه شعر وكأنه استيقظ
ومن علم الأعصاب
to be offline a little bit more,
gave us some clarity
especially kids,
وخاصة الأطفال
to improve their lives
to check your phone,
how you're going to use the technology,
كيف ستستخدم هذه التقنية
that's fine -- do it and be done.
فلا بأس، تصفحه وانتهى من الأمر.
from doing the hard work
عن إنجاز أعمالك
your most productive and creative self.
and uncomfortable at first,
إلى التألق والابداع.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Manoush Zomorodi - Tech podcasterEvery week on her podcast "Note to Self," Manoush Zomorodi searches for answers to life’s digital quandaries.
Why you should listen
Manoush Zomorodi is the host and managing editor of Note to Self, “the tech show about being human,” from WNYC Studios. Through experiments and conversations with listeners and experts, she examines the new questions tech has brought into our lives. Topics include information overload, digital clutter, sexting “scandals" and the eavesdropping capabilities of our gadgets.
In January 2017, Manoush and Note to Self launched "The Privacy Paradox," a 5-part plan to help people take back control over their digital identity. Tens of thousands of listeners have completed the 5-part plan so far, which Fast Company calls Manoush's "challenge to us to stick up for our internet rights." Her book exploring how boredom can ignite original thinking, Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out, comes out in September 2017.
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