For an example of a slow web social network, see Uncommon. I love it. http://uncommon.cc
that is literally a slow web... I bet they would pay Verizon to be even slower...
The Slow Web
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Re: The Slow Web
#12Another good one is http://slowerinternet.com
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#13I maintain a collection of links around this idea here: http://x.are.na/geHSysW
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#14FWIW, my rule of thumb to determine if something is "fast food": If you paid before you ate, it was fast food.
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#15Would anyone use an email service which delivers email and updates inbox at one specific time of the day and doesn't allow any alternatives? My friends found this idea ridiculous. But I'd love the peace of mind. I used to love writing letters and waiting for days for a reply.
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#16FWIW, my rule of thumb to determine if something is "fast food": If you paid before you ate, it was fast food.
So everything you make at home from ingredients purchased earlier is fast food? ;) I think some additional clauses may be required...
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#17FWIW, my rule of thumb to determine if something is "fast food": If you paid before you ate, it was fast food.
I dunno, the whole fast casual movement seems to be catching on here. And most of the fast casual places are catering to people who want a fast meal but with real, fresh, non-processed ingredients. My rule would put a lot more focus on the existence of a drive through window and pre-processed ingredients.
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#18Would anyone use an email service which delivers email and updates inbox at one specific time of the day and doesn't allow any alternatives? My friends found this idea ridiculous. But I'd love the peace of mind. I used to love writing letters and waiting for days for a reply.
That would be awesome, I think, for some types of people.
Could be applied to social networks as well.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Spoken truly like someone who has no idea what they are talking about. At present industrial countries spend between 9-11% of their annual income on foodstuffs and less than 5% of their time gathering said foodstuffs - the lowest in time/money expenditure for food in the history of the world.[1] If we die slightly earlier due to a possible rise in cardiovascular disease then it was a small price to pay for saving yea…
There's more to food than nutrition. The process of growing, preparing, and eating food has been a major source of social connection and "quality time," which is in my opinion the most significant value of slow food for well-being. You can get the nutrition you need with a pittance today in terms of economics, but as a society I think we've failed to fill the social gap that was left open by our liberation from the w…
Growing food was a major source of social connection in the same way uranium mines were.
Preparing food was a major source of such "quality time" as peeling, flaying, cooking and serving food for a large family. Quality time, indeed.
Re: The Slow Web
#20FWIW, my rule of thumb to determine if something is "fast food": If you paid before you ate, it was fast food.
I dunno, the whole fast casual movement seems to be catching on here. And most of the fast casual places are catering to people who want a fast meal but with real, fresh, non-processed ingredients. My rule would put a lot more focus on the existence of a drive through window and pre-processed ingredients.
I don't think those rules work. Many (nearly all ?) restaurants use some kind of pre-processed ingredients. And many fast-food places don't have a drive through window. In for instance Thailand the entire concept is even completely unheard of.
My rule would be that it's large chain (or copy thereof), "system catering" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_catering ) and the aforementioned pay before you eat rule.