In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed

Ultimately, the success of the Slow movement will depend on how smoothly it can reconcile people like me with decelerators of a more spiritual bent.

In the Western tradition, time is linear, an arrow flying remorselessly from A to B. It is a finite, and therefore precious, resource. Christianity

When everyone takes the fast option, the advantage of going fast vanishes, forcing us to go faster still.

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In daily life, that means slowing down when it makes sense to do so.

Perhaps the greatest challenge of the Slow movement will be to fix our neurotic relationship with time itself.

As consumers become more discerning, everyone is forced to raise their game.

“The Slow movement was first seen as an idea for a few people who liked to eat and drink well, but now it has become a much broader cultural discussion about the benefits of doing things in a more human, less frenetic manner,”

every living being, event, process or object has its own inherent time or pace, its own tempo giusto.

shifting down a gear can boost communication, accuracy, creativity, strategic thinking and productivity.