Time and Speed :

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What is the very first thing you do when you wake up in the morning ? Washing up yourself ? Draw your curtain and spring out of bed and do ten push-ups to get your blood pumping in the morning ? Thinking of what color of shirt to dress ? No, the first thing everyone do, is check the time . ( some may argue that, no , is opening your eye first… kidding :) From there onwards , Time will start to tell us what to do next and rushing us to the next assignment and appointment . This is what according to Carl Honore in his book called “ In Praise of Slowness : “We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: ......