Name: In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (en Inglés)
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Author: Carl Honoré
ISBN: 9780060750510

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In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Carl Honoré

Editorial

HarperOne

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

336

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.1 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm

Peso

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0060750510

ISBN13

9780060750510

Categorías

Gestión del tiempo
Autoayuda, desarrollo personal y consejos prácticos

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (en Inglés)

Carl Honoré (Autor) · HarperOne · Tapa Blanda

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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: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults currently devote on average a mere half hour per week to making love.Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time and tackles the consequences of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace -- and living happier, healthier, and more productive lives as a result. A Slow revolution is taking place.Here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a preindustrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell-phone using, e-mailing lovers of sanity. The Slow philosophy can be summed up in a single word -- balance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where they may have been least expected -- in slowing down.In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic Carl Honoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history, and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide Slow movements making their way into the mainstream -- in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms, and schools. Defining a movement that is here to stay, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time.

Carl Honoré

(Autor)

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CARL HONORÉ (Escocia, 1967). Escocés de nacimiento y canadiense de adopción, es escritor, periodista,
comentarista y prestigioso conferenciante de charlas TED. Es un excelente analista de las tendencias de la sociedad actual. Ha colaborado en un gran número de diarios y revistas, entre ellos The Economist, The Observer y National Post. Es autor de Bajo presión: cómo educar a nuestros hijos en un mundo hiperexigente; La lentitud como método; Elogio de la experiencia y Aprende a desacelerar en 30 días, todos ellos en RBA. Elogio de la lentitud es su primer libro, un éxito de ventas desde que se publicó por primera vez en el año 2004.

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