Slow
Part of the activation energy required to start any task comes from the picture you get in your head when you imagine doing it. It may not be that going for a run is actually costly; but if it feels costly, if the picture in your head looks like a slog, then you will need a bigger expenditure of will to lace up.
Slowness seems to make a special cont... See more
Slowness seems to make a special cont... See more
James Somers • Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems « the jsomers.net blog
The study, published today in Nature, is based on findings from human brains, mice, and worms and suggests that excessive activity in the brain is linked to shorter life spans, while suppressing such overactivity extends life.
Nervous system activity might influence human longevity, neural activity
I’m a very slow thinker
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No
In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.
André Chaperon • Values
The Light Phone
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But what if the answer to a (smart)phone problem is not stripping away everything that makes the device smart?
What if removing only what’s robbing us of our time and attention (so it makes someone else rich) is enough?
It’s a harder route, and it requires discipline, but perhaps once we get over that hump, the effects are much more long lasting?
Think slow, but act fast.
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Why are we assuming that people want more, faster? Has anyone ever said, “if only I could make unlimited presentations”?
What if we want to craft one presentation, but do it beautifully?
What if we want to craft one presentation, but do it beautifully?
Sari Azout • What Does Slow AI Look Like?
The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.” – Marshall McLuhan
Boy, I hurried... I hurried for a long time. I'm sorry I did. All the time you're hurrying, you're not really as aware as you should be. You're trying to make things happen instead of just letting it happen. You follow me?
-Bob Dylan
Slow down, smell the smells and see the sights