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Connie Weber

Talks Carl Honore: Slowing down in a world built for speed


"Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there's a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives."

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