slow
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 greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light.” – Marshall McLuhan
Think slow, but act fast.
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The modern life is shallow and distracted.
The timeless life is deep and focused.
Derek Sivers • How to Live
I’m a very slow thinker
Derek Sivers • Hell Yeah or No
The Light Phone
thelightphone.com
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?
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
When you’re young, time goes slowly because everything is new.
When you get older, time flies by, forgotten, because you’re not having as many new experiences.
Derek Sivers • How to Live
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