Psychological
What if fun is the opposite of what you think it is?
Ask ten people what fun means and you'll get ten different answers. Watching TV? Scrolling? Going out? Catherine Price spent years studying this and found that most of what we call "fun" isn't actually fun at all. It's just distraction wearing fun's clothes.
True Fun is the confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow.— Catherine Price
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The thinker
Science Journalist & Fun Expert
Catherine Price is a science journalist and author of The Power of Fun, where she investigates why real fun matters and how most people have lost track of what it actually is.
Based on Catherine Price: How to Have Fun Again | TED, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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