In four major parts, this study investigates the phenomenon of scrolling. Its first task is to argue in favor of a specific quality of the experience of scrolling, distinguishing it from other forms of distraction, notably from the flow experience. Scrolling takes the shape of aimless drifting. Secondly, it investigates the phenomenon of scrolling against its relevant historical, economic, social, and cultural backdrop, with the intention of understanding scrolling as a typical phenomenon of today, rather than subscribing to a biased and superficial critique of its wastefulness or outright pathological character. The third part presents a comprehensive analysis of the temporal makeup of scrolling. Its temporality is expressed in the specific impatience of scrolling. Furthermore, scrolling amounts to a temporal reduction in the sense of favoring the present moment (and suppressing the temporal dimensions of the past and the future). The reductiveness of scrolling pertains to the semantic content as well. I argue that scrolling does not allow for certain experiences (such as, e.g., profound sadness). The temporality of scrolling is one of experiencing lived time as the permanence of passing. In the last section, I connect scrolling to boredom, and argue that scrolling accomplishes the task of allowing for an existential distractedness. In conclusion, I propose a nuanced evaluation of scrolling: in a Pascalian sense, scrolling responds to a profoundly human need of distraction. Yet I find scrolling dangerous in how easily available such distraction becomes, and in how it accustoms the users to a reductive existential experience. Scrolling, unlike art (but also, in principle, photography, movies, books), shields the user from challenging and enriching experiences.

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不耐烦的目光：无聊时代的滚动现象

本研究分四个主要部分研究滚动现象。它的首要任务是支持滚动体验的特定质量，将其与其他形式的分心，特别是与心流体验区分开来。滚动采取漫无目的地漂流的形式。其次，它结合相关的历史、经济、社会和文化背景来研究滚动现象，旨在将滚动理解为当今的典型现象，而不是对其浪费性或彻底的病态特征进行偏见和肤浅的批评。 。第三部分对滚动的时间构成进行了全面分析。它的暂时性表现为滚动的特定不耐烦性。此外，滚动相当于在有利于当前时刻（并抑制过去和未来的时间维度）的意义上的时间减少。滚动的还原性也与语义内容有关。我认为滚动不允许某些体验（例如深深的悲伤）。滚动的暂时性是一种将生活时间体验为流逝的永恒性的体验。在最后一节中，我将滚动与无聊联系起来，并认为滚动完成了允许存在主义分心的任务。总之，我对滚动提出了细致入微的评估：在帕斯卡意义上，滚动响应了人类对分心的深刻需求。然而，我发现滚动很危险，因为这种分心变得很容易，而且它让用户习惯了一种简化的存在体验。滚动与艺术不同（但原则上也与摄影、电影、书籍不同），它可以保护用户免受挑战性和丰富的体验的影响。