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CrazyBusy:
If we’re not careful, the acts of feeling and thinking deeply will increasingly become an activity of the few.
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CrazyBusy:
In this busy age, a new person or idea is lucky to get even a first look.
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CrazyBusy:
Speed grips attention. Speed excites. Speed speeds you out of boredom. Nothing is boring if it’s fast enough.
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CrazyBusy:
Slow is boring. Slow is slippery. Slow is a synonym for stupid. Slow loses your attention.
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CrazyBusy:
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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CrazyBusy:
…just about everything we do we do faster than we used to. – James Gleick
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CrazyBusy:
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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CrazyBusy:
We love speed not because it is deep, original, valuable, or important. We love it mainly because it is exciting.
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CrazyBusy:
…we so hate to wait that we risk our lives to avoid it. Waiting is painful. Slow hurts.
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CrazyBusy:
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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