While the concept of slow work has merit, the ideas in this manifesto are deeply flawed and lack nuance. Also the application of this manifesto to the tool above is similarly flawed.
The tool helps save time in non thinking work e.g faster representation of information.
Slow works happens after the representation of notes. Rarely during the creation of notes, creation of notes being the goal of this Stempad.
The original idea of this notebook is a new system which can reduces bad time usage e.g. writing A x A x A x A x A. becomes A^5
The tool allows representation of ideas quicker. This means there's more time for important work, more time for slow work mentioned in the last paragraph of that manifesto.
Points in regards to the flaws of this manifesto:
To use the same framework of the initial statement to show flaws in thinking:
>We are scientists. We don't blog. We don't twitter. We take our time.
We are experts. We don't reflect online. We don't communicate online. We take our time.
If the quote said:
We are scientists. We protect our time to focus on important work. We choose to not engage in shallow discourse. And value depth over speed even at the cost of time. We believe speed for speed's sake comes at a cost.
Then there is a leg to stand upon to protect "slow work".
>Slow science was pretty much the only science conceivable for hundreds of years; today, we argue, it deserves revival and needs protection. Society should give scientists the time they need, but more importantly, scientists must _take_ their time.
Slow science is not defined in any way, and so prevents discussion and debate.
Something being the only conceivable option does not mean it was the best option. Nor does the time span it existed give the process extra value. For millennia humans used 2 legs for our primary mode of transport.
There is no movement to protect the usage of slow transport -
"Walking was pretty much the only transported conceivable for hundreds of years; today, we argue, it deserves revival and needs protection. Society should give humans time to walk to destinations, but more importantly, humans must take their time"
I agree science does need time to think, explore and discuss, but it does not need time to express ideas using AxAxAxAxA when tools such as Stempad exist to write A^5.