In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.” – Pico Iyer
Slow Thoughts
The current government in Quebec may owe its mandate to a “gaffe” made by outgoing premier Philippe Couillard in 2018. The then liberal leader famously said that it was possible for a...
In the winter of 1967, Donald Campbell, a British world land and water speed record breaker, attempted to regain his water speed record in the tranquil setting of Coniston Water in England’s Lake...
When ninetieth century British statesman Robert Lowe declared rather conceitedly “if it’s not cheap it shall be efficient; if it is not efficient it shall be cheap,” he was capturing the essence of...
Have you ever wondered how in virtually every sphere of life in the modern age, from transportation to food production and from medicine to farming, slow persists alongside fast? Yet, when fast and...