We are not curious enough. Dopamine hit of figuring out a cool thing requires lots of time, meanwhle videogames and movies are guaranteed in short term.

We are not to blame tho, time to spend bored is simply not something we have; every other moment of our life will be either at work, preparing to go work, or driving to work, afterall.

I predict the farmer dug that square on snow instead of dirt. They certainly weren't farming during mid-winter. Must be boring. I will still be labeling amazon boxes this december.