Faster action can decelerate life only if freed time becomes rest.

Evidence

Whoever is in a position to perform an action faster than others may thereby precisely decelerate her life: but only provided that she uses the freed-up time resources for breaks or recuperation. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 353

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Email speeds messages but multiplies their volume without shrinking total time spent — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 1084; Pauses in time are often the only thing that can precipitate change — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 68; Accelerating a single skilled action is not the same as living faster — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 267

Broader Connections

• Pauses in time are often the only thing that can precipitate change #complicates (0.75) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 68