Books: In Praise of Slowness - Carl Honore

Amazon.com: Books: In Praise of Slowness : How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed: "A former 'speedaholic,' an award-winning Canadian journalist advocates living a slower, more measured existence, in virtually every area, a philosophy he defines as 'balance.' Honore's personal wake-up call came when he began reading one-minute bedtime stories to his two-year-old son in order to save time. The absurdity of this practice dramatized how he, like most of the world, was caught up in a speed culture that probably began with the Industrial Revolution, was spurred by urbanization and increased dramatically with 20th-century advances in technology." (Publisher's Weekly)