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> When you slow down your eating speed, say to half or a third your default speed, you get much more enjoyment out of a smaller amount of food. That's not alwa
by copirate 10mo ago
> When you slow down your eating speed, say to half or a third your default speed, you get much more enjoyment out of a smaller amount of food.
That's not always the case. With certain types of food, it's much more enjoyable to have your mouth full than to eat a small amount, for example. It's a trade-off.
It's the same with a story. Taking too long can make it boring, for example.
That doesn't mean we always choose the optimal balance, though.
- criddell 10mo agoLoTR isn’t for me, so reading it slowly wouldn’t be an enjoyable experience. There are other books for me where I found myself reading and re-reading, moving through the book slowly, marveling at text wondering how the author managed to pick perfect word after perfect word. For some books, faster is better. Neuromancer, for example, has a lot of sentences and paragraphs that if I go slowly, I can’t figure out what it is that Gibson is talking about. But if I go fast, I pick up the vibe and things start to make sense.