Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration-and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives

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Dorling argues convincingly that the global slowdown in population increase is a symptom of global development.”—Victoria White, Irish Examiner Dorling] argues that society is not speeding up in the way some claim in books like James Gleik’s Faster – The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Indeed, [he] does an excellent and entertaining job of showing that most of this is bunk.”—Iain Macwhirter, Herald Trying to convince someone to adopt our point of view is the work of our ego. And even if in the end we are right, the ego will never be satisfied, and will seek a new discussion to get in."

Rather than lament this turn of events, Dorling embraces it as a moment of promise and a move toward stability, and he notes that many of the older great strides in progress that have defined recent history also brought with them widespread warfare, divided societies, and massive inequality.— Yale Univerisity Press Although your heart will not listen to your mind, decide to forgive and get rid of emotional strings attached. And then revisit your feelings of anger and bitterness." Part 5 - Love The first loveThis challenging and provocative book casts a wide net as it finds evidence everywhere of slowing growth. Most notably in population and life expectancy, but also in economic living standards, the halcyon era of rapid growth lies in the past.” Along with a good drip technique ( see here), these castles require the right kind of sand. His advice is: "Beaches in West and South West Wales and North Devon good. On the North East coast of England from Robin Hood’s Bay northwards to Bamburgh or Mablethorpe and Filey are OK. The south coast of England is less promising, but the beach at Swanage works." Dorling elegantly uses solid statistics in the form of functional graphs called phase portraits. They plot the elapsing of time on the "curve" itself, and not on the x-axis as done in more traditional two-dimensional graphs. Instead, the x-axis is freed up to show pendulum-swings, from negative to positive and vice-versa, of the year-over-year rate of change of a certain phenomenon of study. The absolute change of the same phenomenon is on the y-axis. This way, the evolution of the phenomenon can be simultaneously shown in three dimensions in the graph. It's a pretty clever way of highlighting the rate of change, which is the key concept that carries Dorling's argumentation for a general tendency toward slowdown. Author Haemin Sunim is a Zen Buddhism teacher and is currently one of South Korea's most influential people. The world is changing rapidly in all areas. However, this doesn't mean that you also need to change with it. For this to be possible, you need to be at peace with yourself, as well as practicing tranquility and self-compassion.This is the reflection made by Haemin Sunim in his work "The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down".

DNF. Bunch of graphs, some of them about nonexistent countries, that didn’t clarify much for me. It seems weird to write on this general topic of how overpopulation is not really out of control and how to look at it graphically without mentioning Gapminder.The geopolitics of slowdown will be a politics of the previously ignored, of the humble, because without great acceleration it is so much harder for a few to trample over the many."

So, first of all, you need to understand that the main reason someone is tense about it is social and family pressure. That way you may feel that the other person's spiritual path is not that orthodox. However, in many cases, some people confuse controlling their emotions by repressing them. This ends up causing an emotional overflow in the future. The main points raised in this book are that we are so used to living through the great acceleration, driven by population growth, that we have failed to see its stagnation. The only thing keeping it alive is our mistaken belief in its perpetual continuation. Another area is climate change and justice. From an author who has written extensively on global inequality, I expected more on this; “the pollution problem was never a population problem” he states, but what, then, is the structural and political causal drivers behind the climate breakdown? And how can the refusal for slowdown help us understand this?It’s so heavy on data that I skimmed through parts but found it extremely educational, convincing, and ultimately quite hopeful. In this part of the book, Haemin Sunim states that no matter how famous someone may be, he remains an ordinary person. This is because everyone shares obstacles, losses and hurts in life.

The book “The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down” explains that to change this situation, one needs to understand a little about the other spiritual path. Look for books and people who follow this same religion. This makes it much easier to live with and accept differences. Books about mindset and worldview Penekanan akan pentingnya mengurangi tekanan pada planet ini, mengurangi kesenjangan sosial, dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan individu melalui perlambatan dapat menyoroti perlindungan lingkungan dan keberlanjutan, serta mengajak untuk menghargai hubungan sosial, waktu luang, dan kegiatan yang memberikan kepuasan intrinsik sebagai faktor penting dalam mencapai kehidupan yang bermakna.

In the first chapter of the book “The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down”, Haemin Sunim shows that the way we perceive the world is very individual. Moreover, the author states that this individuality is directly linked to our thoughts. Why am I so busy? Dorling…argues – with lots of graphs to validate his claims – we are already experiencing a slowdown in terms of population, fertility and even Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”—Sylvia Thomson, Irish Times Powerful, thought-provoking, and timely. Professor Dorling brilliantly exposes how spiraling work intensity, alongside bumper profits and freedoms for capital, cannot sustain people and planet. From stronger unions to a greener economy, he compellingly shows how we can choose a more hopeful and humane future.”—Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress Dalam mengadopsi kehidupan yang lebih lambat dan pendekatan yang lebih berkelanjutan, kita dapat menciptakan masa depan yang lebih baik bagi planet ini dan kehidupan kita.