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.

When you accelerate things that should not be accelerated, when you forget how to slow down, there is a price to pay.

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

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

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

For many, boycotting the Big Mac is a way of saying no to the global standardization of taste.

Tempted and titillated at every turn, we seek to cram in as much consumption and as many experiences as possible. As well as glittering careers, we want to take art courses, work out at the gym, read the newspaper and every book on the bestseller list, eat out with friends, go clubbing, play sports, watch hours of television, listen to music, spend

“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,”

In the absence of accurate clocks, life was dictated by what sociologists call Natural Time. People did things when it felt right, not when a wristwatch told them to.