A Notebook to Save You from Infinite Scrolling & Boredom

Boredom can be a beneficial tool for your intellectual life. But it can also lead you to infinite scrolling on addictive social media apps. In this video I give you an idea for a pocket notebook that can help you free yourself from the infinite scroll and help you utilize your boredom for your own intellectual good. If you’re into philosophy, theology, or both, you’re going to love my podcast, Parker’s Pensées, where I talk with some of the world’s best philosophers and theologians about their work. Check it out here: @ParkersPensees Read my substack article on Descartes’s arguments against artificial intelligence here: →Sponsors/Discounts Check out and use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% off your entire order!! Grab a Field Notes notebook or memo book wallet like the one from the video from my affiliate link here to support my work and use promo code PARKERNOTES for 10% off your entire order: Grab a Saddleback Leather medium Moleskine/Leuchtturm1917 cover from my affiliate link here to support my channel: Strideridge midori a6 leather cover (non-affiliate link): → My Links how to keep sililoquies: How to Journal and Think like a Philosopher: →Notebooks Midori pocket notebook: Midori pocket notebook paper cover: Stalogy A6 pocket notebook: Moleskine pocket notebook: → Gear Camera: Lens: Mic: These Amazon link are affiliate links. The channel earns a commission from each purchase — but it doesn’t cost you anything. 0:00 - Boredom can be a tool for deep thinking 3:38 - Pocket commonplace books 4:37 - Pocket notebooks for contemplation 7:30 - Stoicism vs Pythagoreanism 9:34 - A history of artificial intelligence 11:57 - The Neoplatonic Trinity 12:30 - my favorite pocket notebooks