Curran Dwyer
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Slow technology is a design philosophy focused on creating technology that encourages reflection and mental rest, rather than prioritizing efficiency, by incorporating slow, reflective elements into the design.
by Lars Hallnäs
Slow technology is defined as a design agenda for technology aimed at reflection and moments of mental rest rather than efficiency in performance.
I think information is like food. If you try to eat too much too fast, you get sick and the whole experience is worse overall. It’s important to focus on quality over quantity. As you learn, it’s better to create as much as you can - whether this means cultivating a garden or cooking something new.
You're walking in the forest. You find a semi-abandoned hut and sit down at the table. After drinking a glass of water and quickly meditating, you open up your notebook. The page is empty.
Thomas Merton, you tell your notebook.
Thomas Merton was a Trappist Monk, it responds - You may have already read his famous book "The Seven Storey Mountain" which
... See moreDifferent cultures have different ways of understanding truth, each with its own biases. The Athenians had a great respect for first principles and the structure of rhetoric as a way of organizing evidence to arrive at truth. Our own culture tends to focus on extensively on numbers and data rather than feeling, experience, or rhetoric. (following N
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