{"id":148454,"date":"2025-09-19T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148454"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:00:58","slug":"you-need-to-be-bored-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148454","title":{"rendered":"You Need to Be Bored. 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