| I'm actually in the middle of writing a novel around this very topic. I have roughly 250 pages of the 400 page target complete of the first draft.
I won't go into too many details but boredom plays a very big role in my story. In the early decades after the phenomenon, people made good use of their time but eventually they began to desire death.
There is a fundamental breakdown of society and complete technological stagnation as more and more people stop working and start "entertaining" themselves all the time. To keep the basics of society up and running, the world government provides certain consequences to help encourage people to work.
Anyway, hopefully the novel will be available in the next couple years, with a feature film soon to follow. |