The fast speed of modern technology and life is nothing short of an adrenaline rush. In the TED Talk below, Carl Honore says it is even “sexy.” He suggests that “speed becomes a way of walling ourselves off from the bigger, deeper questions. We fill our head with distractions, with busy-ness, so that we don’t have to ask, am I well? Am I happy? Are my children growing up right? Are politicians making good decisions on my behalf?”
