Comments for The Sloth Ethic

Comment on Heroes of Sloth #1: Lin Yutang by francis

francis — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:05:36 +0000

Thanks for letting me know that you found it through here. I hope you enjoy reading it. Slow spending, slow reading, all good.

Comment on Heroes of Sloth #1: Lin Yutang by redcatbiker

redcatbiker — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:04 +0000

Thank you for writing about this book. I put in a request to borrow it from my local library. They have it on their shelves, and I did not have to wait long for it to arrive. I like the library, for I am into “slow spending.”

Comment on The Sloth Ethic revisited by ula katsoulis

ula katsoulis — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:46:18 +0000

I like walking in New York City looking at the disparate architecture , looking up , and not down into a blackberry , jamming my thumb texting. I marvel and idle in front of the slow architecture of the last century and get appalled at the steel and glass flimsy atrocities that are being put up all over this city within months, not years right now.

Comment on Slow Planet by Arild Dyrseth

Arild Dyrseth — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:14 +0000

Absolutely good. Right way of thinking,acting. Listening now on the radio on the subject, Geir Berthelsen, from Kristiansand, Norway.
Count on me here. Try to think and act like this. It is not easy in my life, but I can and do more and more.

Comment on Marvellous moleskine by AnonEcon

AnonEcon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:08:00 +0000

Wonderful!

Comment on Shall I be mother? by Francis

Francis — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Dear Christopher,

I believe Socrates did say something similar, and his experience with hemlock simply proved the wisdom of avoiding all these herbal ‘teas’ in favour of the real thing.

It is a shame that Slow London has apparently lapsed. I really enjoyed what they were doing with it. Mind, there is always a danger for all of us extolling the virtues of a slower life that geological epochs may pass between posts.

Comment on Shall I be mother? by Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 20 May 2007 15:39:00 +0000

Your post has all of us here at the International Institute of Not Doing Much (IINDM) in a state of justifiable consternation at the outrageous news that a good cup of tea is unavailable in London. The place is going to the dogs. Not only has SlowLondon.com disappeared from the internet, (without trace apparently), but now we hear that Mr. Blair himself has let this most revered tradition slide. Life without a good cup of tea is not worth living. Isn’t that what Socrates said so wisely?

Fortunately, there are those of us who do know how to make a good cup of tea. It requires patience, skill and the ability to savor.

Yours in slowness,

Christopher

PS. Your membership application to the IINDM can be found here.

Comment on Right here, right now. by Francis

Francis — Sun, 20 May 2007 11:21:00 +0000

Why, thank you Syd. Glad that you are enjoying the site.

Comment on Right here, right now. by Syd

Syd — Sat, 19 May 2007 05:30:00 +0000

I was planning to leave a comment sooner…but I got sidetracked…

Lovely post.

(New to your site, but enjoying it very much.)

Comment on Atchoo by Francis

Francis — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:52:00 +0000

Thank you all for your comments, and I hope you enjoy continuing to read the Sloth Ethic.

jcr: there is nothing better than relaxing with a good book, forgetting the world for a moment or two and letting the time flow by unheeded. It is the very definition of a slothful pleasure.

natalief: yours is an awful story but one I suspect happens so often. And yes, it is so much more productive when you are working at home, isn’t it?

anon: cult is the right description. Isn’t it wonderful when you realise that there is something more to life than the grind? As the saying goes, who ends up on their deathbed saying “I wish I spent more time at the office”?