SKIP START ARTICLE OPEN GO TO WIRED HOME PAGE BORED OUT OF YOUR MIND CREATIVE OPEN SEARCH SEARCH BUSINESS CULTURE DESIGN GEAR SCIENCE SECURITY TRANSPORTATION PHOTO VIDEO VIDEO MAGAZINE INSIDER ROADMAP FALLBACK IMAGE MONTHS PLUS FREE PORTABLE PHONE YOUR THANK YOU INVALID EMAIL FOLLOW USON TWITTER HOUR PLEASE VIDEO GAME FOLLOW FOLLOW FACEBOOK MISS FEATURES YOUTUBE CAPTION ZOHAR LAZAR CLIVE THOMPSON DATE DYING BOREDOM YOUNG PLAY UNCLE VANYA YELENA KNOW HOW PULL OUT SMARTPHONE FIND SOMETHING BUZZFEED CLASH OF CLANS IF YOU WORTH ENTERTAINMENT EASY STAVE UNLESS ENNUI GOOD WHAT IF MEANINGFUL DEEPER THE CONCLUSION RECENT RESEARCHERS ASKED GROUP TO DO COPYING NUMBERS PHONE BOOK USES PAIR IDEAS CONTROL GROUP WORD ANSWERS FORCED WATCH DULL SCREENSAVER MIGHT SPARK CREATIVITY RESTLESS MIND HUNGERS STIMULATION MAYBE EXPANSE CREATES SORT OF COGNITIVE FORWARD SAYS TEXAS UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGIST HEATHER MOVES SANDI THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE THE EXPERIMENT PARENTS TELL KIDS EVENTUALLY INVENT GAME CARDBOARD BOX LIGHT SWITCH PHILOSOPHERS CENTURIES KIERKEGAARD PREQUEL GODS THEREFORE HUMAN BEINGS RELATED STORIES BENJAMIN MIT FIGHTS PILOTING ROBOT SPY PLANES MARGARET RHODES NEW WAY OUTLIVE MEDIAS ATTENTION SPAN PSYCHOLOGISTS THESE DAYS WRESTLE SLOW MOMENT OUR LIVES MOBILE MANN DOWN THINKING COME FROM STARING THE DOLDRUMS NOODLING PHONE EATING JUNK FOOD ALWAYS LEAN INTO IT ANYWAY GETS DONE COMMUTING CAR NOVELISTS TALK ABOUT THE SOFTWARE INTERNET CONNECTION DISTRACTION SUSPECT LEVEL PRODUCTIVE THE GOOD TYPE THE PHILOSOPHER BERTRAND RUSSELL TIRES FEEL LIKE YOU NAME LETHARGIC MODERN LEARNING FLAVORS DISTINGUISH USEFUL KIND PHONE IN IDLE GO BACK SCIENCES SHARE TWEET COMMENT POPULAR CALIFORNIA LA RSISTANCE FALL NATIONAL AFFAIRS HOURS CONGRESS MEMBER KLINT FINLEY DRUG DEALER CRYPTOCURRENCY ON FIRE FAKE THINK TANKS FUEL TWEETS MEDIA DAYS LEARN PYTHON DO THE WORK PHYSICS ARNOLD FORTUNE DECLARED WAR BAD SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY LOOK FOR A LIVING MORE STORIES VIEW COMMENTS OUTBRAIN SPACE SPACEX RETURNS FLIGHT ATTEMPTS LANDING BOOK SPEED READING WONT HELP READ AUTO FEROCIOUS SPYDER PUTS EARS CLOSER TO HEAVEN THE THING BLOCKERS HERE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AD BLOCKER WHITELIST WEEK VERSION EITHER WAY YOU ARE REALLY SIGN ALREADY LOG IN ALL OF US CONTINUE PINTEREST TUMBLR INSTAGRAM LOGIN ADVERTISE SITE MAP PRESS CUSTOMER CARE CONTACT COLLECTION NEWSLETTER STAFF JOBS SITE ACCEPTANCE USER AGREEMENT PRIVACY POLICY AFFILIATE LINK YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS THE MATERIAL EXCEPT PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION COND