information -- oh that just happened. right. when does it all become too much? joining me now, maggie jackson, author of "distracted." heather mcghee, president of demos. jiem john simons and manush who is host of the new tech city podcast. let's start with this really incredible week-long series around boredom that has been going on. >> yeah. so what we did is asked people to take part in a one-week challenge and we every day gave them something to do with their phone in the hopes that it would actually let them be a little bit bored in their life. it occurred to me a few months ago, i'm never bored anymore, ever. >> i haven't been bored since '98. >> for me since 2007 which is