It's been a long time for me since experiencing boredom per se. There is so very much to do, to think about, to create, to investigate. Boredom is about choosing (or not) to engage thinking/curiosity/activity. So yes, as the author says, the solution to boredom (when perceived as a problem to solve) is to THINK. The problem is too many people have learned to not care, to not be interested, in their circumstances. At this point, should I be actually bored (which would probably require a willful act of situational deprivation imposed on me by others), and which the author addresses, the very state of being bored would & should become a point of intense fascination.