quarta-feira, 19 de outubro de 2011

IN PRAISE OF SLOW

In the last twenty years we have been seeing a rise of urgency in order to solve problems.
In fact, today everything looks urgent.
I think this behavior began with the increased development of new technologies.
The mobile phone and the computer gave us more power control about everything and bring us the capacity, or the idea that we have the capacity, to solve all the problems as quickly as we want, because by mobile phone we are there all the time.
In certain situations I understand that this novelty brought us the capacity to deal with matters immediately.
But sometimes, maybe a lot of sometimes, these new devices bring us the sensation that everything is urgent.
A dangerous and common situation happens when people answer the phone when they are driving. Nothing justifies answering the phone when we are driving. It's dangerous and there isn't justification for this behavior.
On the other hand is our health, thanks to us, because stress could bring us heart problems.
In our job nowadays we can work everywhere and whenever we want. It is sometimes good because we can solve certain situations, but the majority of times I think it isn't a good solution, because we can't rest. And rest is essential for our health.
For the future, we need to find the balance between always being connected and rest.
It will be essential.

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