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When efficiency thinking kills simple pleasures

I used to love cooking but now I just order delivery because I can't stand the thought of spending an hour on something that gets eaten in ten minutes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The utilitarian mind calculates away activities that nourish through process rather than outcome.

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“Where Are You with Attention and its relationship to time?”

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