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Slow is boring. Slow is slippery. Slow is a synonym for stupid. Slow loses your attention.
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Speed is the blessing (and the curse) of the modern age. It is our drug of choice, while slowness has become like poison.
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…just about everything we do we do faster than we used to. – James Gleick
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While the fast processor is glib and entertaining… the slow processor… is often the more profound thinker and the more original.
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We love speed not because it is deep, original, valuable, or important. We love it mainly because it is exciting.
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…we so hate to wait that we risk our lives to avoid it. Waiting is painful. Slow hurts.
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Doing a job quickly is sometimes essential… But most of the time, the tortoise beats the hare. Slow but sure is underrated. Fast is overrated.
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Timed testing is just another example of the bias in our world that favors speed.
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Bring up problems sooner rather than later. Don’t let fear hold you back. The problem will only get worse… when life goes so fast, it is essential to communicate often and clearly.
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Right now we are in a period of flux. Speeding up, seemingly out of control, we will solve the problems we face once we put our heads together.
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