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The longing for slowness
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Swine influences
Another model can be found for Swedish agriculture. In slow, small-scale farming, there is a synthesis discernible between a globalised consumer society and traditional local society.
Sustainable path to efficiency
We live in a world that is in love with the transitory, the impermanent, the short-term. This notion of unsustainability which characterises our era is bad - for the economy as well as for the environment. However, there are other, more efficient and far-sighted paths to take.
Another world, another rhythm
The philosopher Paul Virilio argues that the faster information is, the more fragmented and incomplete it is. Entering the world of slowness means saying no to the demands that mass culture and consumerism make on people today.
The paradox of slowness
It is precisely what we want to speed up that is experienced as being slow, because we have already overtaken our experience. Once something is said to go too slowly, it cannot go fast enough.