"Many learned people seem to feel that the quality of readableness in a book is one which warrants suspicion. Indeed, not a few learned people seem to feel that the fact that a book is interesting is proof that it is shallow."
- Theodore Roosevelt
The dangers of slow driving Some neuroscientific research suggests that dull tasks slow the brain. And if monotony increases the brain's susceptibility to making errors, then boring jobs and slow speed limits could be putting people in jeopardy.