Chvála pomalosti – Honoré Carl (2012)

The faster, the better – such is the relentless dictate of today's world. Although we complain daily about the accelerating pace of life, we willingly subordinate not only our work but also our health and relationships to it. Carl Honoré presents a new slow philosophy that stands in opposition to the cult of speed. Through personal experience, he shows the way to achieve the much-desired slowing down. He takes us through a brief 'history of acceleration' and then around the world to meditating managers in Tokyo, to a 'super slow gym' in New York, to a tantric sex workshop in London, and to Italy, the home of Slow Food and Slow Cities. Honoré writes with wit and humor. He aptly points out the paradoxes and sad consequences of constant acceleration. He seeks to find and offer a way to live as well as possible in balance between the fast and the slow. In Praise of Slowness has been translated into 33 languages and became a bestseller in several countries immediately after its release. 'Some things can only be discovered in slowness and silence; our overworked time needs this book. Let us hurry slowly – festina lente!' [Tomáš Sedláček, economist]