Slowing Down

Slowing Down

Last updatedUpdated:<br>Jun 1, 2026

by Simon Späti · CreatedCreated: Jun 23, 2025

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Slowing down, like Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) and Slow Living is the best way to live live. Slowing Down for more impact long-term?

# Thinking, Fast and Flow

Generally in life and work to slow down, leaning into A Good Life Might Look Boring, it might be less &ldquo;productive&rdquo; in the short term. Still, it&rsquo;s usually more fulfilling, and I&rsquo;d bet that, if you look at the long term rather than the immediate outcome, it might be even more impactful.

In the end, it&rsquo;s also a question of Slowing Down. I think almost like the book Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) with the two systems :

&ldquo;System 1&rdquo; = The instant, unconscious, automatic, emotional, intuitive thinking.

&ldquo;System 2&rdquo; = The slower, conscious, rational, reasoning, deliberate thinking.

# Thinking Slow: Cultivate Taste

As Daniel Kahneman said in his book, it might happen the same to working with AI, but with «Building Fast, Thinking Slow». Another way of saying the same would be to create taste, you need to think and Slow down - Kepano says:

Taste is a study of nuance, it requires slowing down.

Kepano, LinkedIn

# Voice-to-Text

See Voice-to-Text (Slowing Down).

# Slowing down is Needed for Creativity

Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.

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# Further Reads

Slow Tech: Related is Slow Technology, and its devices such as Uni-taskers that make us focus on one thing.

Live a Boring Life, but happy.

Origin: Paul Harding on How I Write (Podcast)

References: Slow Living

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Backlinks

Slow Technology: Better Productivity through Slowing Down?

Slowing Down

The Ordinary Life: And how a Good Life Might Look Boring

Keep AI Out of Your (Obsidian) Vault

Vibe Coding: Think Slow, Cultivate Taste, and Build Fast

Voice to Text (with AI)