Recently read FSTR by James Gleick. An amazing account of how we are speeding up our lives, trying to do more every day and end up not having the time for basic human needs like social contact or even the time to eat without trying to multi-task while we eat.
He starts with an interesting thought; that the need for speed is a malady, a contagious malady, and the transmission vector is the door-close button in elevators.
These days I think twice before hitting the door close button. Do I really need to save those 3 seconds? Will I catch the contagion if I do?
Like abstinence, impatience is its own punishment.
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