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In Praise of Wasting Time
We are obsessed with not wasting a minute, especially in the West, where we have created a high-speed lifestyle, carved up into ten-minute units of efficiency. And we are prisoners of the grid. We take our smartphones and laptops with us on holiday. We check our emails at restaurants and while walking in the park. When the school day ends, our children are loaded with extra activities. Yet, there is a great deal of evidence pointing to the value of wasting time, unplugging from the grid and letting the mind lie fallow for a while without scheduled tasks or goals. In this timely and essential book, the author documents the rush and heave of the modern world and shows us the many benefits or wasting time.
