Our pace of life is now faster than ever. As a mass dissemination efficient technologies designed to expedite our daily tasks has emerged, our pace of life has increased. Indeed, many of us now have easy access to smartphones offering a multimedia experience, high speed trains and global air travel making distant places seem closer, fast food and online shopping/ordering which can arrive within the hour.

Yet with the growth of technologies, come costs. Many of us now have less time for each other. As social animals, our quality of life can seem less satisfying with fewer face-to-face encounters. Professionally, many report that our quality of work can even suffer with fewer face-to-face meetings. Competition among us also brings out the ‘hurry instinct’, whereby everyone competes for something, whether it is in sport, work or prestige.  

Yet how can we escape a ‘speed-driven world’? Changing the way we live and work might be a start; however, more importantly we need a change of mindset. Interacting with nature (away from urban stimulation) can help us to slow down and de-stress. Reducing our engagement with electronic media and technologies may also help. Perhaps we could watch the news weekly rather than daily or use night ferries and night trains rather than short haul flights. Reducing competition and efficiency may also help. Perhaps we could co-operate instead of compete or shop locally rather than online, eat locally grown food or eat at a table rather than ‘on-the-go’.

By Daniel MacInerney BSc. (Hons.) MSc. | Edited By Thomas Brown BA (Hons.) PG Cert.

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