The Culture of Speed and the counter culture of Slow Movement

Hello everyone! 

I am Kishan Jadav. In this blog I am going to discuss The Culture of Speed and the counter culture of Slow Movement.

It is a cultural revolution against the notion that faster is always better. The Slow philosophy is not about doing everything at a snail's pace. It's about seeking to do everything at the right speed. Savoring the hours and minutes rather than just counting them. Doing everything as well as possible, instead of as fast as possible. It’s about quality over quantity in everything from work to food to parenting.

The World Institute of Slowness

Geir Berthelsen and his creation of The World Institute of Slowness presented a vision in 1999 for an entire "slow planet" and a need to teach the world the way of slowness. The motto of the Slow philosophy is - 'The fastest way to a good life is to slow down'. This website explains this philosophy in these terms:

WHY SLOW?

What it's all about?

Slowness is a new way of thinking about time...

The vision of The World Institute of Slowness is to slow the world down to create healthier, happier and more productive people.

Unlike chronological time, it is non-linear time, the here and now, time that works for you, extraordinary time.

So why be fast when you can be slow? Slowness is also about balance, so if you must hurry, then hurry slowly. “Festina Lente!”

What is Dromology ?

The world has progressed very speed with this technology. We see rapid development not only in one state but in every region of the world everywhere. Technology may be responsible for this.  Virilio differentiates this evolving speed.  He gives the word Dromology.  It is with this meaning in mind that he coined the term 'dromology', which he defined as the "science (or logic) of speed". Dromology is important when considering the structuring of society in relation to warfare and modern media.  Growing with speed. There has been a certain speed of development within each sector. It has caused a lot of damage to the environment and culture. Now it needs to be improved. It needs slow moment instead of speed. Developed a good physical facility.  And a lot of damage has been done to the environment to get better facilities, especially the slow movement has been started with regard to food items, because we have changed a lot in food items which has resulted in a sattvic food not being pure food.

Speed and slow movement

TED video

We can see that it is developing rapidly in the present times.  It means we are making progress.  But that's what we're doing in the right direction.  That by damaging something we are moving forward.  So the answer is that we are developing rapidly at the expense of the environment.  It is said in this video that we have to slow down now.  At the same time we have to pay some attention to nature and human being.In the wrong progress we are making, we have to slow down and move towards slow movement nature.