Quick, Quick, Slow! – The Case for Slow Research
Ray Poynter and Quentin Ashby Virtual Surveys Ltd
INTRODUCTION
In recent years there has been a growing reaction to the increasing pace of life. As the world has got smaller, and the speed of life faster, an ever larger number of people have begun to say that there is an alternative. They have began demanding what German protagonists are calling eigenzeit – respect for their own time. Generically, this group are characterised by the term Slow, as in the Slow Food movement (www.slowfood.com). However,...