http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/ Just another bbPress community en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:02:05 +0000 http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/topic/a-slow-poem-that-can-help-us-define-productivity#post-149 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:30 +0000 veronika 149@http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/ <p>Really interesting thoughts! It's a little pessimistic in a sense though... it makes our society look like we have only changed for the worse </p> http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/topic/a-slow-poem-that-can-help-us-define-productivity#post-62 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:53:56 +0000 ruby 62@http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/ <p>WoW! Really nice a post - Enjoyed it thoroughly!@ Thanks </p> http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/topic/a-slow-poem-that-can-help-us-define-productivity#post-60 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:36:27 +0000 geir 60@http://www.slowplanet.com/forums/ <p>I have really found the discussion around TIME=PRODUCTIVITY<br /> very intersting. </p> <p>What is time?</p> <p>The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of undetermined period of time in which something special happens. Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment. </p> <p>What is productivity? </p> <p>Is it different if you focus only on only "Chronlogical Time" compared to focus on a balance between "Chronological Time" and "Kairos Time".</p> <p>What is productivity?</p> <p>THE PARADOX OF OUR TIMES<br /> (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)<br /> Is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers<br /> Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints<br /> We spend more, but we have less<br /> We have bigger houses, but smaller families<br /> More conveniences, but less time<br /> We have more degrees, but less sense<br /> More knowledge, but less judgment<br /> More experts, but more problems<br /> More medicines, but less wellness<br /> We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values<br /> We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often<br /> We have learnt how to make a living, but not a life<br /> We have added years to life, but not life to years<br /> We’ve been all the way to the moon and back<br /> But have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour<br /> We have conquered outer space, but not inner space<br /> We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted our soul<br /> We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice<br /> We’ve higher incomes, but lower morals<br /> We’ve become long on quantity but short on quality<br /> These are the times of tall men, and short character<br /> Steep profits, and shallow relationships<br /> These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare<br /> More leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition<br /> These are the days of two incomes, but more divorces<br /> Of fancier houses, but broken homes<br /> It is a time when there is much in the show window<br /> And nothing in the stockroom </p>