Dude et al, I fully agree... I remember being just so unhappy with boredom it was like physical pain. I want to spare my DS that if there's any way possible. Still, I don't think the coasting hurt me in the long run. Except perhaps to have an edge-need, a compulsion to never sit in the middle so as not to be trapped in boring movies/talks/etc, in this unexpectedly lucky adult life where one can simply go.
It seems like the specter of boredom is so attached to coasting that it's hard to talk about effects of coasting in isolation.
Polly
