Acceleration in various spheres of life is taking place all-over in the world. Doesn't fast development and rapid tempo cause some problems for You personally or society in general?
It seems your question needs more explanations and clarifications from your side. For example, what are those "various spheres of life", in your question more importantly "taking place all-over in the world". The latter even needs credible done research (paper, book, thesis...). Also personality or society. For example, vaccine to Covid was created very sooner than the time that used to be so for other previous viruses, you certainly remember.
At the same time, there are "so called" researchers that only publish papers and no impact for societies, but just for personal benefits. To me the first is favorable but the second no. I think you agree. So maybe other issues are in your mind, to answer properly we need more info by you...
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“Social acceleration, the increase of speed in our lives, can be an obstacle to the good life”.
"The acceleration of the pace of life. This is probably the aspect that most directly affects our daily lives, as we see an increase in the number of episodes of action per day.
In other words, in a day, more and more different actions are carried out, with their corresponding transitions from one task to the next, which makes us feel hungry for time. That is, the feeling of not being able to fulfil all our work, social and personal responsibilities, the so-called “clocking up”. We perform more and more actions and time is perceived as a scarce resource divided among the multitude of tasks to be carried out."
"How does social acceleration affect organisations?
The speed and acceleration of our lives affects our physical and mental health, and also the dehumanisation of our relationships. Speed diminishes the quality of our relationship with others and, as we said, organisations are no exception.
The rush syndrome, caused by the cycle of acceleration presented above, obviously has some benefits, as it pushes us to perform more tasks, complete more projects, but at the same time, there are many invisible consequences for organisations (lack of creativity, reflection, dehumanisation) that require some pondering.
This is why more and more people are looking for oases of deceleration (resorts, monasteries, mindfulness classes, trips to the desert). Rosa also points out that acceleration itself can become dysfunctional and unintentionally turn into deceleration. We observe this in traffic jams caused by many people who want to move quickly, or in some people who unfortunately go from a high level of activity or speed to a very low level caused by anxiety, depression or cardiovascular diseases that prevent them from continuing with previous levels of speed."
"Excellence sometimes requires speed, but many other moments can generate valuable wealth for the individual and his or her work group if they are filled with reflection, serenity and enjoyment of the small details."
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