The Art of Slowness

Slow down, you’re moving too fast. You’ve got to make the morning last!

Internet fragments our attention span in a way that is so scary. It actually erodes, slowly, one’s sense of self.

It certainly erodes one’s capacity for the kind of pleasure in isolation that reading has. The printed book serves to focus one’s attention, promoting deep and creative thoughts. In stark contrast, Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from various sources. It worships speed and efficiency of optimized production and consumption.

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