Comment by shkkmo

> a life lived non-stop frenetically under the imagined need to speed up all activity in the name of productivity.

I don't think that is quite what the article is suggesting. I think it was reminding us to thinking about the effects of the speed at which you accomplish things. If there is a behavior you are trying to encourage in others (e.g. requesting a code review), focusing on responding quickly can be crucial to helping foster that behavior. Similarly, if there is a communication channel (e.g. Slack vs. email) that is not being adopted, holding yourself back from quick responses to those emails while responding quickly to Slack messages will help foster the transition.

This doesn't mean that you need to do everything as quickly as possible. It does mean that if there is something that you do slowly that you want to improve on, it may be helpful to be aware of the additional mental cost you associate with the activity so that you can compensate for it. Similarly, if you are trying to improve the quality of your writing, focusing on improving the speed of your writing (or even just the speed of your typing) while maintaining the same quality might pay off faster than just focusing on improving quality.