# Chapter: 153: Carl Honoré imparts illuminating insights into intentional idleness

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Podcast: [3 Books With Neil Pasricha](https://stenobird.com/podcast/3-books-with-neil-pasricha-230850)
Published: 2025-10-07T03:47:00+00:00
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The pace of living is accelerating. I often feel like things are happening too quickly to process ... the reels are going too fast, the scrolls have too many colors, the information feed feels like a flood. I just can't process it all! Do you feel the same way? If so you need this conversation as much as I did. Carl Honoré is the godfather of the "slow movement" — a Canadian born, UK-based author, journalist, and ​ popular TED speaker ​ whose first book, the 2004 long-running bestseller ' ​ In Praise of Slowness ​ ', sparked a global conversation about time, speed, and how we live. What's happened since 2004? Life has gotten even faster! Which makes his ideas and insights even more valuable. I love Carl's work so much I've read 'In Praise of Slowness' three times and enjoyed his tangential books on parenting in an era of hyper pressure (' ​ Under Pressure ​ ') and making the most of our longer lives (' ​ Bolder ​ '). Carl is a warm, sagacious soul who oozes kindness and wisdom and in this conversation we talk about the best way to cook risotto, why you should read Orwell to your kids even in their 20s, how social media is changing travel, the benefits of learning new languages, the meaning of the phrase "tempo giusto", mindful ways to slow down our busy lives, and, of course, his 3 most formative books... Let's flip the page to Chapter 153 now...

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