Slow+Cities

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Speed, notes journalist and author [|Carl Honore], has become a combining form: speed dialing, speed reading, speed walking, even speed dating. Modern life is stuck on fast-forward to such an extent, he notes, quoting //Postcards from the Edge,// that "even instant gratification takes too long." But there's a backlash brewing, he says, as everyday people start putting the brakes on. He concludes with the results of his own attempt to get in touch with his "inner tortoise." [ from the TED Talks website http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/73 ]