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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: First we sliced time into segments, and now time slices our lives into small fragments — if we allow it.
Chapter 3: Time pressure speeds our thinking and can damage our relationship with food.
Chapter 4: Until recently, a culture of speed overtook cities and diminished the quality of their medicine and education.
Chapter 5: We’re too stressed to enjoy life, but a bit of slowness can truly go far in changing that.
Description
In Praise of Slowness (2005) offers both an indictment of and an alternative to the high-speed lifestyle that plagues many people today. It examines how the rat race impacts our minds, bodies and souls – and offers concrete tips on how to slow things down.
Who Should Listen
- Ambitious parents who push their children to have a very busy schedule
- Anyone who eats at their desk
- People who feel like they are always in a rush