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How to make boredom your superpower | Lei Wang | TEDxSurrey

Published March 24, 2026

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In this talk, Lei Wang uses a gruelling ski expedition to the South Pole to reframe boredom as a powerful signal rather than a problem. In the endless, silent white of Antarctica, Lei discovers that the real danger isn’t the cold or physical strain, but mental drift caused by monotony, nearly leading to hypothermia. By…

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March 24, 2026
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