Tune in today at 11am on BBC Radio 4 to hear the first episode of THE SLOW COACH. My mission: to help three rushaholics overcome the virus of hurry.
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Slow in the Ivory Tower
A compulsory course for all first-year university students on our relationship with time + technology?
Fast learners?
Smart piece on how our obsession with speed, efficiency and throughput threatens to destroy the culture of higher learning.
In speedy China, the new rich are seeking to slow down. Is it just a fad for the affluent? Or the start of something deeper?
Time after time…
Some intriguing reflections on how we experience the passage of time + how we might shape that experience.
The magic of the mea culpa
Why it’s good to own up to mistakes in order to learn from them. Medicine is a good place to start…
Walk the talk
Two families go car-free in Calgary, Canada for a week. What happened next? Check out the movie trailer to find out.
Run, Jump, Skip
In this age of child obesity and inactivity, we need to promote ‘physical literacy’ more than ever. But let’s do so in the right spirit.
Slow Money?
High-frequency trading makes financial markets dangerously and unproductively fast. Here’s one way to slow things down.
Clocking Nature?
Intriguing idea. Can clocks that track the passage of the sun and the moon make us feel more relaxed about time itself?