One Aspect Of Fast London Life I

Truly, The Bench Is A Boon To Idlers. Whoever First Came Up With The Idea Is A Genius: Free Public Resting Places Where You Can Take Time Out From The Bustle And Brouhaha Of The City, And Simply Sit And Watch And Reflect.

To Me There Is No More Depressing Sight Than A Five-year-old Staring At A Screen, Unsmiling, Mouse In Hand. Besides Whatever Dreadful Things This Prolonged Exposure To Screens Is Doing To Their Brains, Computer Games Tend To Be Solitary Affairs, And Produce Little Laughter.

A Conclusion I’ve Come To At The Idler Is That It Starts With Retreating From Work But It’s Really About Making Work Into Something That Isn’t Drudgery And Slavery, And Then Work And Life Can Become One Thing.

In A World Where You Are Constantly Asked To Be 'committed,' It Is Liberating To Give Yourself The License To Be A Dilettante. Commit To Nothing. Try Everything.

One Aspect Of Fast London Life I Have Never Understood, For Example, Is The Custom Of The Gym. Why Do People Go To Gyms?