" Einstein, like myself, found Bern pleasant but boring. And so I wonder: If the Swiss were more interesting, might he never have daydreamed as much as he did? Might he never have developed the Special Theory of Relativity? In other words, is there something to be said for boredom? "

― Eric Weiner , The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World