Our boredom with familiar things springs from certain aspects of our neural networks. Our neural networks are what allow us to detect variances in different forms of stimulation.
For example, imagine the sea in autumn. the summer beach season has long since ended but you suddenly have the impulse to do something youthful and you run into the water in your bare feet. The cold water makes you cry out. This is because your neural network has recognized the difference in the temperatures of the sand and the water. but if you stay in the water, you'll gradually get used to this new temperature and it'll stop bothering you. And you might then say to yourself, "Maybe it isn't as cold as I thought."
It is the same thing for a person who's asleep on a couch in front of a TV. they wake up the moment you turn it off and they complain. "hey, I was watching that!" Though it's actually more relaxing with the TV turned off, they gotten used to the bright screen and the constant noise as they fell asleep and instantly recognized when that stimulus was removed.
Variances or changes are necessary for people to recognize stimuli. This is why we often find ourselves unhappy after we've owned something for a while. Although we initially had a desire for it, our brain recognizes a lack of this variance once we get used to having it. The novelty of the new stimulus wears off, and the item becomes a part of our lives that we now take for granted. Without that variance, we eventually get sick and tired of it .
For example, imagine the sea in autumn. the summer beach season has long since ended but you suddenly have the impulse to do something youthful and you run into the water in your bare feet. The cold water makes you cry out. This is because your neural network has recognized the difference in the temperatures of the sand and the water. but if you stay in the water, you'll gradually get used to this new temperature and it'll stop bothering you. And you might then say to yourself, "Maybe it isn't as cold as I thought."
It is the same thing for a person who's asleep on a couch in front of a TV. they wake up the moment you turn it off and they complain. "hey, I was watching that!" Though it's actually more relaxing with the TV turned off, they gotten used to the bright screen and the constant noise as they fell asleep and instantly recognized when that stimulus was removed.
Variances or changes are necessary for people to recognize stimuli. This is why we often find ourselves unhappy after we've owned something for a while. Although we initially had a desire for it, our brain recognizes a lack of this variance once we get used to having it. The novelty of the new stimulus wears off, and the item becomes a part of our lives that we now take for granted. Without that variance, we eventually get sick and tired of it .
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