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SLOW DOWN! - An Interesting Perspective On Our Technology Based Lifestyles
July 2005
Here's a quick and interesting read on technology and the problems it can cause to our lifestyles. Emails, mobile phones, text messages, internet, instant chat etc can create the illusion that we're totally in control, but are we or do they erode certain core values in our lives and lifestyles?
Three Good Quotes From The Article
- "In our society, time is a scarce resource," he said. "We turn everything in race with the finish line but we never reach that finish line."
- One department at software firm Veritas has declared Friday e-mail free, and it found that the day has become its most productive
- The author of In Praise of Slowness decided to slow-down after he found himself speed reading bedtime stories to his son!
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