Name: The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world
Uploaded: 2019-12-09T17:21:06Z
Duration: 9 min 17 s
Description: Why does modern technology promise efficiency, but leave us constantly feeling pressed for time? Anthropologist Kathryn Bouskill explores the paradoxes of living in a fast-paced society and explains why we need to reconsider the importance of slowing down in a world that demands go, go, go.

Kathryn Bouskill: The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world

The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world

Why does modern technology promise efficiency, but leave us constantly feeling pressed for time? Anthropologist Kathryn Bouskill explores the paradoxes of living in a fast-paced society and explains why we need to reconsider the importance of slowing down in a world that demands go, go, go.

Society races to do everything faster, from banking to finding a date, yet many still feel pressed for time and disconnected. Technologies that once took decades to spread now transform daily life in just a few years, but our Stone Age brains struggle to keep up. The rush can threaten cultural traditions and deepen inequality while pushing decision-making onto autopilot. True progress means choosing when to accelerate and when to slow down, reclaiming time for reflection and human connection.