Thoughts on slowing the fuck down
Why efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better | Psyche Ideas
The urge to do everything faster and better is risky. Far wiser to do whatâs good enough for the range of possible futures
How to gain more from reading by taking it all in more slowly | Psyche Guides
Thereâs more to words than meets the eye. Deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive reading
The case for slowing everything down a bit
A top tech exec thinks we need to slow down the internet a bit. Heâs right.
You're a Slow Thinker. Now what?
Figuring out how to lean in to my thinking style
Slow down to speed up: so much has changed in 6 monthsâ time
An overview of whatâs changed in engineering during the last six months, how various tech companies are changing how they work, and why slowing down could be a sensible strategy
Opinion | Think Less, Think Better (Published 2016)
A wandering mind has less innovative thoughts.
be diligent
For individuals It's challenging to work a process when it moves slower than feels appropriate. In the context of computer conversations, the tactic of s...
Slowing Down â Owais Jamil
Today I try to slow down and take breaks (4/100 of 100daystooffload).
Speed: How It Explains the World - Vaclav Smil
In a world that feels like itâs moving faster than ever, Smil examines how our relentless pursuit of speed â in areas such as production, travel and communication â shapes not only our technological landscape but also our social and environmental realities. And through engaging anecdotes and striking statistics, Smil challenges the assumption that faster is always better.
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. But we shouldnât forget how interesting and overpoweringly pleasurable sustained attention can be.
Itâs Time to Embrace Slow Productivity
We need fewer things to work on. Starting now.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by the Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman. Its main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought: "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
Brett Scott (@brettscott)
Despite all the rhetoric about automation supposedly making our lives easier, the true story being told by Big Tech is that our lives are better when speeded up You are supposed to be in an ever-accelerating race, packing more units of experience into the same unit of time, a phenomenon that requires a contraction of patience and a blurring of experience as everything quickens In the end, this is what âconvenienceâ actually is. Itâs a state of being in which you become disassociated and disengaged from the texture of the world around you. You pass through it dreamlike, and suddenly wake up decades years later as an elderly person on your deathbed, thinking âWTF happenedâ, as then the memory slips away
Peter Wildefordđşđ¸đ on Twitter / X
Great to see @tristanharris talking on his podcast about recursive self-improvement. Here's how his guest, Tim Fist, puts it -- "Over the last few months we've had all three of the leading US AI labs say that having the option for a global slowdown or pause in AI development is⌠https://t.co/s5UURtkEjQâ Peter Wildefordđşđ¸đ (@peterwildeford) June 21, 2026
The Busy Person's Guide to Thinking
Thinking better isn't about learning more; it's about doing a few simple things that really help create unstoppable progress.
