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11:51 am
Wed August 22, 2012

The Art of Delay

Can you afford not to wait? A still from Christian Barclay's "The Clock."
Credit Alex Watkins / Flickr
Can you afford not to wait? A still from Christian Barclay's "The Clock."

We put a premium on getting things done fast today. We like food fast, we like fast technology, we avoid waiting. But, could waiting be the key to doing things right? Author Frank Partnoy has written about this in Wait: The Art and Science of Delay.  He talks with Kara Miller about what we gain when we slow things down.

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