![]() People are turning to organic food in droves. Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the world today. The Slow Movement aims to address the issue of ‘time poverty’ through making connections. A must read for people who can make the time! Tthe book dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their “inner tortoise.” Honore’s bestselling book plots the lineage of our speed-obsessed society while it recognises the difficulty of slowing down, it also highlights the successes of everyday people around the world who have found ways of doing it. One of my favourite books on the subject is called In Praise of Slowness, by Carl Honoré. Our rapidly changing world is rapidly stressing us out. They tell us that today’s world is changing at an accelerated rate, unlike anything past generations witnessed.ĭo you feel bombarded with change from every direction? Do you feel stressed, overworked, with too little time to appreciate and enjoy life? Do you find it difficult to keep up with everything you need to do? If so, you’re not alone. ![]() Many historians, sociologists and journalists have expressed concern in recent years about the rapid change in our society. It all underscores a vital point: While our world has always experienced change, the rate of change is speeding up. Delinked from the natural rhythms of our bodies and the rest of the planet, we struggle with diminishing success to adapt to the strange mechanical and disembodied world we have created. Living under unnatural time pressures causes a myriad of psychological, social and physical ailments. The results of this disconnection from nature and nature’s pace show up in therapists’ and doctors’ offices every day. Industrial time was bad enough but Cybertime is changing the force of game play.Īnd that’s how many modern people feel completely frazzled and out of synch with our deepest selves. And the recent exponential speeding up into Cybertime has accelerated the process still further. Some say the problems started earlier, with the development of agriculture or writing, but it was really the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the Machine that put humans in thrall to mechanical processes and machine time. In the last 150 years, however, the human relationship with time has radically changed.
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