In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed

From all sides we hear advice on how to speed things up and do more. But think for a second: is it possible to reduce life to a race for the result? Is it worth applying the method of speed reading to the works of Proust? Shorten the duration of sex? Cooking in the microwave? Of course not, which is why more and more people are choosing to step aside and live at their own pace. While the whole world is rushing into hell, quite a significant and growing minority has stubbornly refused to ste...