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The art of holding boredom hostage while it forgets why it came.
means Anything designed to occupy your attention pleasantly, from circuses to streaming, so the hours pass without complaint.
from From Old French entretenir, to hold together or maintain — originally keeping company or sustaining someone, not amusing them.
Older meaningOnce meant employment and hospitality, not amusement.
Held togetherRoot literally means to keep mutually in hand.
Industry scaleNow a multi-trillion-dollar global attention economy.