On Sept. 20, 2012, Dennis Prager talked about people who only feel alive when they do extreme things such as base jumping. Otherwise, life is boring.
Dennis: “Secular life breeds boredom. That doesn’t mean every secular person is bored.”
“I find regular life unbelievably stimulating. I find people as much of a high as I need in life, not to mention all of my hobbies and intellectual interests.”
“An increasing number of people, especially in the secular West, are bored. People like adrenalin. Adrenalin is a drug. The music, the screaming, the carrying on of the singers. When they started to smash guitars on stage…”
“The philosopher Robert Nozick said we underestimate the role of boredom in history. When people don’t find regular life interesting, they will go for the adrenalin. That explains a lot of crime. Criminals especially get a rush out of violent crime.”
