Some sentences just make you go.....

...............hmmmm.  Walking speeds increasing by 10%?  Wondering who did that study?  Could it be just more youngsters living downtown?  Inquiring minds want to know.

"We are in principle accessible anywhere, at any time; we can be texted, emailed, tagged: “The world today is faster, more scheduled, more fragmented, less patient, louder, more wired, more public.” There is not enough downtime. So Lightman argues in his brisk, persuasive essay. His snapshots of the relevant social science portray the grim effects of over-connection in our digital age: young people are more stressed, more prone to depression, less creative, more lonely but never really alone. Our time is ruthlessly graphed into efficient units. The walking speed of pedestrians in 32 cities increased by 10 percent from 1995 to 2005."

-Kieran Setiya, as culled from this Idleness as Flourishing essay