going slow

calmness is a superpower and why we need to slow the fuck down.

by Keely Adler and · updated 17d ago

He offers a thought experiment: what if the brief to design a new train connection was given to Disney instead of railway engineers? The latter immediately focuses on speed, time, distance and capacity. With Disney, the goal wouldn’t be to shave minutes off the journey. They may ask a different question: “How do we make the train journey so enjoyab... See more
from 311 / The fallacy of faster
Natalie Audelo added 17d ago
We adore quick wins these days: the kid on Youtube who goes viral and becomes an overnight sensation, the tech startup that goes from zero to unicorn in a year, the miracle makeover. At this point, the story of the tortoise and the hare is passé, and who really reads this to their kids anymore—I never have. We might as well rewrite the thing: the t... See more
from The Dancing Tortoise by Rachel Katz
sari added 1mo ago
I run slowly, I always have. I run for pleasure, even though I don’t like it. I run because it’s an easy way to get exercise with little time and no equipment. I run because it’s efficient, but I do it slowly, and I do it for fun, but I don’t like it. Sometimes people make no sense.

My problem is: when someone passes me, I always feel beaten. Even ... See more
from The Dancing Tortoise by Rachel Katz
sari added 1mo ago
What does slow AI look like?
from Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? by Adam Grant
sari added 2mo ago
We’ve assumed that the way we interact with it is instantaneous. Are we sure that’s right? What if we want to see things, refine things, consider things. I think we want to mull them over. I think we want to discuss them.
Most people I know have problems with Internet addiction. We're

all trying to figure out our own customs for getting free of it.

That's why I don't have an iPhone, for example; the last thing I

want is for the Internet to follow me out into the world.

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My latest trick is taking long hikes. I used to think running was a

better form of exercise than hik... See more
from The Acceleration of Addictiveness
sari added 2mo ago
Paul Graham, 2010
In contemporary society, our adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds
-shared by David Horne
sari added 3mo ago
“Once you grow up, you realize you don’t want to be crazy in love.
You want to be calm in love,
stable in love, patient in love,
understood in love, safe in love.
Your partner should give you peace of mind and reassurance, not constant little heart attacks and high anxiety.”
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