Comment by Letitia_Sweitzer on In Praise of Boredom · 2009-01-19T15:47:06.000Z · LW · GW

If most of us have a "terminal preference for a stream of mid-level novelty" those with ADD/ADHD find that unstimulating. They require a stream of high level novelty or, at least, a much faster stream of mid-level. See ADHD posts on ThePowerOfBoredom.com