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Once isolated, Petrini’s two big ideas for developing reform movements—focus on alternatives to what’s wrong and draw these solutions from time-tested traditions—are obviously not restricted to food in any fundamental sense. They can apply to any setting in which a haphazard modernism is conflicting with the human experience. This claim is validated by the many new slow movements that arose in the wake of Slow Food’s original success, targeting other aspects of our culture that were suffering from an unthinking haste.
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
**Tier 4 (Q4) friends.**
a. Who do you consider a Q2 friend? These relationships are neither healthy nor enjoyable.
b. Consider a few concrete reasons why this person is a Q4 friend.
c. Evaluate their role in your life. Why do you keep them around?
d. Could you fix the relationship? Why or why not?
What Good Friends Look Like
Alex Brogan
Merging one’s personal aspirations within the aspirations of the nation, falling into step behind the flag, has long been a popular means of overcoming doubts about the substance of one’s own life.
Resident Aliens
Stanley Hauerwas & William H. Willimon
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