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Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness
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Journalist Carl Honore mener at den vestlige verdens vægt på fart nedbryder helbredet, produktiviteten og livskvaliteten. Men der er en modbevægelse i gang, da mennesker hver dag begynder at sætte farten ned på deres alt for moderne liv.
Carl Honore - Journalist
In his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise." Full bio
In his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise." Full bio
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What I'd like to start off with is an observation,
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Hvad jeg gerne vil starte med, er en iagttagelse,
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which is that if I've learned anything over the last year,
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som er, at hvis jeg har lært noget som helst i løbet af det sidste år,
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it's that the supreme irony
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er at den ultimative ironi
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of publishing a book about slowness
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om at udgive en bog om langsommelighed
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is that you have to go around promoting it really fast.
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er at man skal skynde sig alle mulige steder hen for at markedsføre den.
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I seem to spend most of my time these days
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Det virkede som om jeg brugte den største del af min tid
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zipping from city to city, studio to studio,
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på at suse fra by til by, studie til studie,
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interview to interview,
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interview til interview,
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serving up the book in really tiny bite-size chunks.
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og uddele småbidder af bogen.
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Because everyone these days
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Fordi alle i denne tid
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wants to know how to slow down,
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vil vide hvordan man sætter farten ned,
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but they want to know how to slow down really quickly. So ...
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men de vil vide hvordan man sætter farten ned, rigtig hurtigt. Så ...
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so I did a spot on CNN the other day
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så jeg lavede et indslag på CNN den anden dag
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where I actually spent more time in makeup than I did talking on air.
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hvor jeg faktisk tilbragte mere tid med makeup, end jeg gjorde med interviewet.
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And I think that -- that's not really surprising though, is it?
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Og jeg tror at -- det er egentlig ikke overraskende, er det?
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Because that's kind of the world that we live in now,
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Fordi det er egentlig den verden vi lever i nu,
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a world stuck in fast-forward.
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en verden der holder fast ved at spole fremad.
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A world obsessed with speed,
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En verden besat af fart,
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with doing everything faster, with cramming more and more
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med at gøre alt hurtigere, med at proppe mere og mere
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into less and less time.
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ind i mindre og mindre tid.
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Every moment of the day feels like
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Hvert øjeblik af hver dag føles som
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a race against the clock.
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et kapløb med tiden.
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To borrow a phrase from Carrie Fisher, which is
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For at låne en frase fra Carrie Fisher, som er
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in my bio there; I'll just toss it out again --
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i min bio her; jeg smider den lige derud igen --
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"These days even instant gratification takes too long." (Laughter)
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"I denne tid tager selv øjeblikkelig selvtilfredsstillelse for lang tid". (Latter"
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And
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Og
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if you think about how we to try to make things better, what do we do?
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hvis man tænker over hvordan vi prøver på at forbedre ting, hvad gør vi?
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No, we speed them up, don't we? So we used to dial; now we speed dial.
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Nej, vi fremskynder ting, gør vi ikke? Så vi plejede at lave opkald; nu laver vi hurtigopkald.
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We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk.
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Vi plejede at læse, nu hurtig læser vi. Vi plejede at gå; nu hurtig går vi.
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And of course, we used to date and now we speed date.
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Og selvfølgelig, vi plejede at date og nu speeddater vi.
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And even things that are by their very nature slow --
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Og selv ting der af natur er meget langsomme --
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we try and speed them up too.
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prøver vi også at fremskynde.
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So I was in New York recently, and I walked past a gym
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Så jeg var i New York for nylig, og jeg gik forbi et fitnesscenter
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that had an advertisement in the window for a new course, a new evening course.
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der havde en reklame i vinduet for et nyt hold, et nyt aftenhold.
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And it was for, you guessed it, speed yoga.
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Og det var for, I gættede det, hurtig yoga.
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So this -- the perfect solution for time-starved professionals
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Så dette -- den perfekte løsning til tidsknappe professionelle
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who want to, you know, salute the sun,
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der vil, I ved, gøre honnør til solen,
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but only want to give over about 20 minutes to it.
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men som kun vil bruge omkring 20 minutter på det.
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I mean, these are sort of the extreme examples,
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Jeg mener, dette er de ekstreme eksempler,
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and they're amusing and good to laugh at.
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og de er underholdende og sjove at grine af.
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But there's a very serious point,
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Men der er en meget alvorlig pointe,
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and I think that in the headlong dash of daily life,
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og jeg mener at der i den uovervejede daglige trommerum
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we often lose sight of the damage
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mister vi tit overblikket over skaden
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that this roadrunner form of living does to us.
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som denne roadrunner slags liv påfører os.
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We're so marinated in the culture of speed
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Vi er så marinerede i hastighedskulturen,
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that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes
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at vi næsten ikke lægger mærke til de tab den påfører
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on every aspect of our lives --
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på alle aspekter af vores liv --
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on our health, our diet, our work,
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på vores helbred, vores kost, vores arbejde,
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our relationships, the environment and our community.
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vores forhold, miljøet og vores samfund.
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And sometimes it takes
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Og nogen gange kræver det
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a wake-up call, doesn't it,
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en brat opvågning, gør det ikke,
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to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives,
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til at advare os om, at vi skynder os gennem vores liv,
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instead of actually living them; that we're
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i stedet for faktisk at leve det; at vi
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living the fast life, instead of the good life.
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lever det hurtige liv, i stedet for det gode liv.
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And I think for many people, that wake-up call
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Og jeg tror at for mange mennesker, at den brate opvågning
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takes the form of an illness.
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viser sig i form af en sygdom.
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You know, a burnout, or eventually the body says,
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I ved, en udbrændthed, eller på et tidspunkt siger kroppen,
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"I can't take it anymore," and throws in the towel.
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"jeg kan ikke klare det mere", og kaster håndklædet i ringen.
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Or maybe a relationship goes up in smoke
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Eller måske et forhold der går op i røg
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because we haven't had the time, or the patience,
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fordi vi ikke havde tiden, eller tålmodigheden
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or the tranquility,
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eller den stilhed,
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to be with the other person, to listen to them.
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til at være sammen med den anden person, til at lytte til dem.
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And my wake-up call came when I started
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Og min brate opvågnen kom da jeg startede
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reading bedtime stories to my son,
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med at læse godnathistorier for min søn,
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and I found that at the end of day,
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og jeg opdagede, at ved dagens afslutning,
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I would go into his room and I just couldn't slow down -- you know,
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ville jeg gå ind på hans værelse, og jeg kunne bare ikke sætte farten ned -- I ved,
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I'd be speed reading "The Cat In The Hat."
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jeg hurtiglæste "The Cat In The Hat".
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I'd be -- you know, I'd be skipping lines here,
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Jeg ville -- I ved, jeg sprang linjer over her,
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paragraphs there, sometimes a whole page,
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paragrafer der, nogle gange en hel side,
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and of course, my little boy knew the book inside out, so we would quarrel.
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og selvfølgelig, kendte min lille dreng bogen udenad, så vi skændtes.
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And what should have been the most relaxing, the most intimate,
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Og det der skulle have været den mest afslappende, den mest intime,
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the most tender moment of the day,
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den mest ømme tid på dagen,
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when a dad sits down to read to his son,
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når en far sidder ned og læser for sin søn,
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became instead this kind of gladiatorial battle of wills,
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blev i stedet denne form for gladiator kamp mellem viljer,
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a clash between my speed
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en konflikt mellem min hastighed
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and his slowness.
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og hans langsomhed.
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And this went on for some time,
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Og dette fortsatte i noget tid,
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until I caught myself scanning a newspaper article
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indtil jeg fangede mig selv i at skimme en avisartikel
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with timesaving tips for fast people.
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med tidsbesparende tips til hurtige mennesker.
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And one of them made reference to a series of books called
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Og et af dem refererede til en serie bøger der hed
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"The One-Minute Bedtime Story."
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"Et-minuts godnathistorien".
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And I wince saying those words now,
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Og jeg krymper mig over at sige ordene nu,
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but my first reaction at the time was very different.
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men min første reaktion på det tidspunkt var meget anderledes.
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My first reflex was to say,
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Min første refleks var at sige,
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"Hallelujah -- what a great idea!
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"Hallelujah -- sikke en god ide!
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This is exactly what I'm looking for to speed up bedtime even more."
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Det her er præcis hvad jeg leder efter, for at fremskynde putningen endnu mere.
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But thankfully,
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Men heldigvis,
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a light bulb went on over my head, and my next reaction was very different,
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tændte en pære sig over mit hoved, og min næste reaktion var meget anderledes,
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and I took a step back, and I thought,
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og jeg tog et skridt tilbage, og jeg tænkte,
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"Whoa -- you know, has it really come to this?
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"Whoa -- I ved, er det virkelig kommet til det?
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Am I really in such a hurry that I'm prepared
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Har jeg virkelig så travlt, at jeg er klar til
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to fob off my son with a sound byte at the end of the day?"
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at affeje min søn med en lydbid, ved dagens slutning?".
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And I put away the newspaper --
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Og jeg lagde avisen væk --
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and I was getting on a plane -- and I sat there,
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og gik op i flyet -- og jeg sad der,
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and I did something I hadn't done for a long time -- which is I did nothing.
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og jeg gjorde noget jeg ikke havde gjort længe -- hvilket er, at jeg ingenting gjorde.
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I just thought, and I thought long and hard.
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Jeg tænkte kun, og jeg tænkte længe og eftertænksomt.
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And by the time I got off that plane, I'd decided I wanted to do something about it.
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Og da jeg stod af flyet, havde jeg besluttet mig for at jeg ville gøre noget ved det.
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I wanted to investigate this whole roadrunner culture,
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Jeg ville undersøge hele denne roadrunner kultur,
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and what it was doing to me and to everyone else.
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og hvad det gjorde ved mig og alle andre.
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And I had two questions in my head.
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Og jeg havde to spørgsmål i hovedet.
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The first was, how did we get so fast?
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Det første var, hvordan er vi blevet så hurtige?
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And the second is, is it possible,
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Og det andet er, er det muligt,
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or even desirable, to slow down?
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eller endda ønskværdigt, at sætte farten ned?
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Now, if you think about
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Nuvel, hvis man tænker over det
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how our world got so accelerated, the usual suspects rear their heads.
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hvordan vores verden er blevet så hurtig, viser de sædvanlige mistænkte deres hoved.
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You think of, you know, urbanization,
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Man tænker på, I ved, urbanisering,
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consumerism, the workplace, technology.
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forbrugerisme, arbejdspladsen, teknologi.
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But I think if you cut through
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Men hvis man skærer igennem
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those forces, you get to what might be the deeper
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de kræfter, kommer man ind til det der kunne være den underliggende
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driver, the nub of the question,
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drivkraft, sagens kerne,
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which is how we think about time itself.
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hvilket er, hvordan vi tænker på selve tiden.
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In other cultures, time is cyclical.
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I andre kulturer er tid cyklisk.
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It's seen as moving in great,
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Det bliver set som at det bevæger sig i store,
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unhurried circles.
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rolige cirkler.
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It's always renewing and refreshing itself.
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Det er fornyer og genopfrisker hele tiden sig selv.
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Whereas in the West, time is linear.
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Hvorimod i Vesten, er tid lineær.
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It's a finite resource;
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Det er en udtømmelig ressource;
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it's always draining away.
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det udtømmes altid.
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You either use it, or lose it.
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Enten bruger man det, eller mister det.
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"Time is money," as Benjamin Franklin said.
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"Tid er penge", som Benjamin Franklin sagde.
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And I think what that does to us psychologically
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Og jeg tror at det det gør mod os psykologisk
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is it creates an equation.
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er at det laver et regnestykke.
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Time is scarce, so what do we do?
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Tid er knap, så hvad gør vi?
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Well -- well, we speed up, don't we?
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Jamen -- jamen vi løber hurtigere, gør vi ikke?
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We try and do more and more with less and less time.
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Vi prøver at gøre mere og mere, med mindre og mindre tid.
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We turn every moment of every day
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Vi gør hvert øjeblik af hver dag
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into a race to the finish line --
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til et løb til målstregen --
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a finish line, incidentally, that we never reach,
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en målstreg, som vi forøvrigt, aldrig når,
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but a finish line nonetheless.
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men under alle omstændigheder en målstreg.
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And I guess that the question is,
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Så jeg går ud fra at spørgsmålet er,
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is it possible to break free from that mindset?
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er det muligt at bryde ud af den tankegang?
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And thankfully, the answer is yes, because
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Og heldigvis, er svaret ja, fordi
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what I discovered, when I began looking around, that there is
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det jeg fandt ud af var, da jeg begyndte at kigge rundt, at der er
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a global backlash against this culture that
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en global moderation mod denne kultur der
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tells us that faster is always better, and that busier is best.
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fortæller os at hurtigere er altid bedre, og at mere travl er bedre.
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Right across the world, people are doing the unthinkable:
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Over hele verden gør mennesker det utænkelige:
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they're slowing down, and finding that,
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de sætter farten ned, og finder ud af at,
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although conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down, you're road kill,
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selvom sædvanlig visdom fortæller os at hvis man sætter farten ned, så er man færdig,
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the opposite turns out to be true:
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viser det modsatte sig at være sandt:
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that by slowing down at the right moments,
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at ved at sætte farten ned på de rigtige tidspunkter,
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people find that they do everything better.
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finder mennesker ud af at de gør alting bedre.
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They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better;
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De spiser bedre; de elsker bedre; de træner bedre;
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they work better; they live better.
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de arbejder bedre; de lever bedre.
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And, in this kind of cauldron
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Og i i denne slags heksekedel
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of moments and places and acts of deceleration,
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af øjeblikke og steder og bekendtgørelser,
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lie what a lot of people now refer to as
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er hvad en masse mennesker nu kalder
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the "International Slow Movement."
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"International Slow Movement".
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Now if you'll permit me a small act of hypocrisy,
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Hvis I vil tillade mig at være lidt hyklerisk,
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I'll just give you a very quick overview of
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vil jeg give er hurtigt overblik over
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what's going on inside the Slow Movement. If you think of food,
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hvad der foregår i Slow Movement. Hvis man tænker på mad,
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many of you will have heard of the Slow Food movement.
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mange af Jer har sikkert hørt om Slow Food bevægelsen.
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Started in Italy, but has spread across the world,
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Den startede i Italien, men har bredt sig ud over hele verden,
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and now has 100,000 members
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og har nu 100.000 medlemmer
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in 50 countries.
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i 50 lande.
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And it's driven by a very simple and sensible message,
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Og det er drevet af en meget simpel og fornuftig besked,
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which is that we get more pleasure and more health
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nemlig at vi får mere glæde og sundhed
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from our food when we
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ud af vores mad når vi
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cultivate, cook and consume it at a reasonable pace.
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dyrker, koger og indtager den i et rimeligt tempo.
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I think also the explosion of
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Jeg tror også at eksplosionen af
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the organic farming movement, and the renaissance of farmers' markets,
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det økologiske landbrug og genopblomstringen af landbrugsmarkeder,
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are other illustrations
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er andre eksempler
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of the fact that people are desperate to get away from
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på at mennesker er desperate efter at komme væk fra
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eating and cooking and cultivating their food
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at spise og tilberede og dyrke deres mad
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on an industrial timetable.
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efter en industriel køreplan.
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They want to get back to slower rhythms.
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De vil tilbage til det langsomme tempo.
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And out of the Slow Food movement has grown something
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Og fra Slow Food bevægelsen er der udsprunget noget
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called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy,
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kaldet Slow Cities bevægelsen, der er startet i Italien,
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but has spread right across Europe and beyond.
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men det har spredt sig ud over Europa og endnu længere.
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And in this, towns
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Og i dette, begynder byer
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begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape,
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at revurdere hvordan de organiserer bylandskabet,
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so that people are encouraged to slow down
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så mennesker bliver opfordret til at sætte farten ned
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and smell the roses and connect with one another.
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og dufte til roserne og forbind med hinanden.
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So they might curb traffic,
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Så de begrænser måske trafikken,
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or put in a park bench, or some green space.
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eller sætter bænke i parker, eller grønne arealer.
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And in some ways, these changes add up to more than the sum of their parts,
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Og på nogle områder, er summen af disse dele mere end enkeltdelene for sig,
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because I think when a Slow City becomes officially a Slow City,
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fordi jeg mener at når en Slow City officielt bliver en Slow City,
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it's kind of like a philosophical declaration.
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er det en slags filosofisk deklaration.
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It's saying to the rest of world, and to the people in that town,
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Den siger til resten af verden, og til indbyggerne i den by,
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that we believe that in the 21st century,
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at vi tror på, at i det 21. århundrede,
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slowness has a role to play.
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kommer langsommelighed til at spille en rolle.
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In medicine, I think a lot of people are deeply disillusioned
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I medicin, tror jeg en masse mennesker er dybt desillusionerede
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with the kind of quick-fix mentality
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med en slags hurtig løsnings mentalitet
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you find in conventional medicine.
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som man finder i traditionel medicin.
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And millions of them around the world are turning
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Og millioner af dem i verden vender sig mod
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to complementary and alternative forms of medicine,
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komplementerede og alternative former for medicin,
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which tend to tap into sort of
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som har en tendens til at udnytte en form for
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slower, gentler, more holistic forms of healing.
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langsommere, blidere, mere holistisk form for heling.
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Now, obviously the jury is out on many of these complementary therapies,
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Nu er der selvfølgelig stadig forskellige meninger om mange af disse komplementere behandlinger,
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and I personally doubt that the coffee enema
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og jeg tvivler personligt på at kaffelavementet
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will ever, you know, gain mainstream approval.
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nogensinde vil, I ved, få generel godkendelse.
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But other treatments
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Men andre behandlinger
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such as acupuncture and massage, and even just relaxation,
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såsom akupunktur og massage, og selv bare afslapning,
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clearly have some kind of benefit.
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har tydeligvis en form for gode.
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And blue-chip medical colleges everywhere
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Og velrenommerede lægelige kolleger overalt
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are starting to study these things to find out how they work,
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er begyndt på at studere disse ting til at finde ud af hvordan de virker,
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and what we might learn from them.
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og hvad vi kunne lære af det.
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Sex. There's an awful lot of fast sex around, isn't there?
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Sex. Der foregår en forfærdelig masse hurtig sex, gør der ikke?
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I was coming to --
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Jeg kom til --
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well -- no pun intended there.
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altså -- uden at tænkte over ordspil.
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I was making my way, let's say, slowly to Oxford,
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Jeg var på vej til, lad os sige, langsomt til Oxford,
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and I went through a news agent, and I saw a magazine,
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og jeg kiggede ind til en aviskiosk, og jeg så et magasin,
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a men's magazine, and it said on the front,
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et mandemagasin, og på forsiden stod der,
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"How to bring your partner to orgasm in 30 seconds."
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"Hvordan man giver sin partner en orgasme inden for 30 sekunder",
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So, you know, even sex
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Så, I ved, selv sex
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is on a stopwatch these days.
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foregår via et stopur nu om dage.
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Now, you know,
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Men, I ved,
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I like a quickie as much as the next person,
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jeg holder lige så meget af en quickie som min næste,
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but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained
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men jeg tror man kan vinde utrolig meget
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from slow sex -- from slowing down in the bedroom.
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ved slow sex -- af at sætte farten ned i soveværelset.
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You know, you tap into that -- those deeper,
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I ved, man udnytter de -- de dybere,
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sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents,
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den slags, psykologiske, følelsesmæssige, spirituelle tendenser,
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and you get a better orgasm with the buildup.
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og man får en bedre orgasme på grund af ophobningen.
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You can get more bang for your buck, let's say.
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Man får mere smæk for skillingen, så at sige.
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I mean, the Pointer Sisters said it most eloquently, didn't they,
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Jeg mener, Pointer Sisters sagde det på den mest veltalende måde, ikke,
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when they sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand."
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da de sang rosende ord om "en elsker med en langsom hånd".
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Now, we all laughed at Sting
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Nu grinte vi alle af Sting
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a few years ago when he went Tantric,
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for et par år siden da han blev tantriker,
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but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find couples of all ages
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men kigger man et par år frem i tiden, og nu finder man par i alle aldre
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flocking to workshops, or maybe just
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der flokkedes til workshops eller måske bare
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on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways
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på egen hånd, i deres eget soveværelse, og finder måder
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to put on the brakes and have better sex.
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til at stå på bremsen og få bedre sex.
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And of course, in Italy where -- I mean, Italians always seem to know
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Og selvfølgelig, i Italien hvor, jeg mener, italienere ved altid
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where to find their pleasure --
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hvor de kan finde deres nydelse --
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they've launched an official Slow Sex movement.
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de har lanceret en officiel Slow Sex bevægelse.
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The workplace.
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Arbejdspladsen.
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Right across much of the world --
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Over det meste af verden --
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North America being a notable exception --
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Nordamerika er den bemærkelsesværdige undtagelse --
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working hours have been coming down.
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arbejdstiden er blevet reduceret.
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And Europe is an example of that,
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Og Europa er et eksempel på dette,
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and people finding that their quality of life improves
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og mennesker finder ud af at deres livskvalitet bliver forbedret
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as they're working less, and also
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i takt med at de arbejder mindre, og også
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that their hourly productivity goes up.
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at deres produktivitet per time kommer op.
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Now, clearly there are problems with
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Nu er der tydeligvis problemer med
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the 35-hour workweek in France --
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35-timers arbejdsugen i Frankrig --
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too much, too soon, too rigid.
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for meget, for tidligt, for rigidt.
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But other countries in Europe, notably the Nordic countries,
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Men andre lande i Europa, især de nordiske lande,
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are showing that it's possible
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viser at det er muligt
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to have a kick-ass economy
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at have en forrygende økonomi
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without being a workaholic.
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uden at være arbejdsnarkomaner.
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And Norway, Sweden,
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Og Norge, Sverige,
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Denmark and Finland now rank
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Danmark og Finland ligger nu
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among the top six most competitive nations on Earth,
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i top seks over de mest konkurrencedygtige nationer i verden,
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and they work the kind of hours that would make the average American
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og de arbejder en mængde timer der ville få den gennemsnitlige amerikaner til at
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weep with envy.
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græde af misundelse.
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And if you go beyond sort of the country level,
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Og hvis man kigger forbi lande niveauet,
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down at the micro-company level,
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ned på virksomheds mikroniveau,
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more and more companies now are realizing
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er der flere og flere virksomheder der nu opdager
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that they need to allow their staff
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at de skal tillade deres ansatte
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either to work fewer hours or just to unplug --
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enten at arbejde færre timer, eller bare at trække stikket ud --
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to take a lunch break, or to go sit in a quiet room,
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til at tage en middagspause, eller til at sætte sig i et stille værelse,
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to switch off their Blackberrys and laptops -- you at the back --
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til at slukke deres Blackberrys og bærbare -- dig nede bagved --
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mobile phones,
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mobiltelefoner,
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during the work day or on the weekend, so that they have time to recharge
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i løbet af arbejdsdagen eller i weekenden, så de har tid til at lade deres batterier op
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and for the brain to slide into that
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og for at hjernen kan rutsje ned i den
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kind of creative mode of thought.
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slags kreative tankegang.
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It's not just, though, these days,
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Det er ikke kun, dog, i disse dage,
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adults who overwork, though, is it? It's children, too.
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voksne mennesker der overarbejder, er det? Det er også børnene.
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I'm 37, and my childhood ended in the mid-'80s,
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Jeg er 37 og min barndom sluttede i midt 80'erne,
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and I look at kids now, and I'm just amazed by the way they
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og jeg kigger på børn nu, og jeg er overrasket over måden hvorpå de
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race around with more homework,
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løber rundt med flere lektier,
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more tutoring, more extracurriculars
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mere undervisning, flere fritidsaktiviteter
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than we would ever have conceived of a generation ago.
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end vi nogensinde ville have tænkt på, en generation siden.
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And some of the most heartrending emails
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Og nogle af de mest hjerteskærende mails
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that I get on my website
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som jeg får på min hjemmeside
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are actually from adolescents
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kommer faktisk fra unge
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hovering on the edge of burnout, pleading with me
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der svæver på kanten af udbrændthed, tigger mig om
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to write to their parents,
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at skrive til deres forældre,
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to help them slow down, to help them get off this
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til at hjælpe dem med at bremse ned, til hjælp med at få dem væk fra denne
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full-throttle treadmill.
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trædemølle der kører for fuld udblæsning.
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But thankfully, there is a backlash there in parenting as well,
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Men heldigvis, er der også en modreaktion inden for opdragelse,
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and you're finding that, you know, towns in the United States
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og man finder ud af at, I ved, byer i USA
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are now banding together and banning extracurriculars
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knytter sig sammen og forbyder fritidsaktiviteter
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on a particular day of the month, so that people can,
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på en bestemt dag om måneden, så mennesker kan,
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you know, decompress and have some family time, and slow down.
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I ved, flade ud og bruge noget tid med familien, og sætte farten ned.
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Homework is another thing. There are homework bans
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Lektier er en anden ting. Der springer forbud mod lektier
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springing up all over the developed world
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op i hele den udviklede verden,
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in schools which had been piling on the homework for years,
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i skoler der ellers havde stablet lektier i årevis,
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and now they're discovering that less can be more.
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og nu finder de ud af at mindre kan være mere.
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So there was a case up in Scotland recently
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For nylig var der en sag oppe i Skotland
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where a fee-paying, high-achieving private school
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hvor en betalende, højt privatskole
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banned homework
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forbød lektier
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for everyone under the age of 13,
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for alle under 13,
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and the high-achieving parents freaked out and said,
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og de højt præsterende forældre flippede ud og sagde
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"What are you -- you know, our kids will fall" -- the headmaster said,
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"Hvad laver I -- I ved, vores børn dumper" -- rektor sagde,
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"No, no, your children need to slow down at the end of the day."
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"Nej nej, jeres børn skal sætte farten ned ved dagens afslutning."
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And just this last month, the exam results came in,
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Og i sidste måned kom eksamensresultaterne,
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and in math, science, marks went up 20 percent
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og i matematik og fysik steg karaktererne med 20 procent
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on average last year.
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i gennemsnit sidste år.
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And I think what's very revealing is that
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Og jeg synes det er meget afslørende at
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the elite universities, who are often cited as the reason
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eliteuniversiteterne, der ofte er citeret for at være grunden
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that people drive their kids and hothouse them so much,
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til at mennesker pacer deres børn så meget,
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are starting to notice the caliber of students
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begynder at lægge mærke til, at kvaliteten af de studerende
12:22
coming to them is falling. These kids have wonderful marks;
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der kommer til dem har, er faldende.. Disse børn har rigtig flotte karakterer;
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they have CVs jammed with extracurriculars,
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de har CV'er der er proppede med fritidsaktiviteter,
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to the point that would make your eyes water.
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til et punkt der vil få tårer frem i ens øjne.
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But they lack spark; they lack
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Men de mangler gnisten; de mangler
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the ability to think creatively and think outside --
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evnen til at tænke kreativt og tænke udenfor --
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they don't know how to dream. And so what these Ivy League schools,
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de ved ikke hvordan man drømmer. Så det de her Ivy League skoler,
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and Oxford and Cambridge and so on, are starting to send a message
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og Oxford og Cambridge og så videre, begynder at sende et budskab
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to parents and students that they need to put on the brakes a little bit.
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til forældre og studerende, at de har brug for at sætte farten lidt ned.
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And in Harvard, for instance, they send out
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Og på Harvard, for eksempel, sender de
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a letter to undergraduates -- freshmen --
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et brev til alle -- sutter --
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telling them that they'll get more out of life, and more out of Harvard,
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der fortæller dem at de vil få mere ud af livet, og mere ud af Harvard,
12:51
if they put on the brakes, if they do less,
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hvis de sætter farten lidt ned, hvis de laver mindre,
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but give time to things, the time that things need,
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men giver tingene tid, den tid tingene tager,
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to enjoy them, to savor them.
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til at nyde dem, til at bevare dem.
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And even if they sometimes do nothing at all.
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Også selvom de nogen gange ikke laver noget.
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And that letter is called -- very revealing, I think --
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Og det brev kaldes -- meget fortællende, synes jeg --
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"Slow Down!" -- with an exclamation mark on the end.
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"Slow Down!" -- men et udråbstegn til sidst.
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So wherever you look, the message, it seems to me, is the same:
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Så hvor end man kigger, budskabet, ligner det for mig, er det samme:
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that less is very often more,
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at mindre, er tit mere,
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that slower is very often
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at langsommere ofte er
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better. But that said, of course,
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bedre. Når det så er sagt, selvfølgelig,
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it's not that easy to slow down, is it?
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er det ikke nemt at sætte farten ned, er det?
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I mean, you heard that I got a speeding ticket
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Jeg mener, I har hørt at jeg fik en fartbøde
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while I was researching my book on the benefits of slowness,
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mens jeg researchede til min bog om fordelene ved langsomhed,
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and that's true, but that's not all of it.
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og det er sandt, men det er ikke hele sandheden.
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I was actually en route to a dinner
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Jeg var faktisk på vej til en middag
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held by Slow Food at the time.
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afholdt af Slow Food, på det tidspunkt.
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And if that's not shaming enough, I got that ticket in Italy.
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Og som om det ikke er pinligt nok, så fik jeg bøden i Italien.
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And if any of you have ever driven on an Italian highway,
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Og hvis nogen af Jer nogensinde har kørt på en italiensk motorvej,
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you'll have a pretty good idea of how fast I was going.
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så har I en rimelig god ide om hvor hurtig jeg kørte.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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But why is it so hard to slow down?
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Men hvorfor er det så svært at sætte farten ned?
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I think there are various reasons.
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Jeg mener der er åbenlyse årsager.
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One is that speed is fun, you know, speed is sexy.
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Én ting er, at fart er sjovt, I ved, fart er sexet.
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It's all that adrenaline rush. It's hard to give it up.
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Det er det adrenalinsus. Det er svært at opgive.
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I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension --
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Jeg tror der er en slags metafysisk dimension --
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that speed becomes a way of walling ourselves off
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at fart bliver en måde at afskærme sig
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from the bigger, deeper questions.
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fra de større, dybere spørgsmål.
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We fill our head with distraction, with busyness,
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Vi fylder vores hoveder med distraktioner, med travlhed,
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so that we don't have to ask,
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så vi ikke behøver at spørge,
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am I well? Am I happy? Are my children growing up right?
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er jeg rask? Er jeg lykkelig? Vokser mine børn op på en god måde?
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Are politicians making good decisions on my behalf?
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Tager politikerne gode beslutninger på mine vegne?
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Another reason -- although I think, perhaps, the most powerful reason --
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En anden årsag -- selvom jeg tror, måske den stærkeste årsag --
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why we find it hard to slow down is the cultural taboo
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grunden til vi finder det svært at sætte farten ned, er det kulturelle tabu
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that we've erected against slowing down.
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som vi har rejst imod at sætte farten ned.
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"Slow" is a dirty word in our culture.
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"Langsom" er et beskidt ord at bruge i vores kultur.
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It's a byword for "lazy," "slacker,"
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Det er et tilnavn til "doven" og "dagdriver",
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for being somebody who gives up.
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til at være en person der giver op.
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You know, "he's a bit slow." It's actually synonymous
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I ved, "han er lidt langsom". Det er faktisk synonym til
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with being stupid.
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at være dum.
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I guess what the Slow Movement -- the purpose of the Slow Movement,
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Jeg tror det Slow Movement -- formålet med Slow Movement,
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or its main goal, really, is to tackle that taboo,
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eller dens hovedformål, er at takle det tabu,
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and to say that yes,
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og at sige at ja,
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sometimes slow is not the answer,
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nogen gange er langsom ikke svaret,
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that there is such a thing as "bad slow."
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at der er sådan noget som "dårligt langsom".
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You know, I got stuck on the M25,
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I ved, jeg blev fanget på M25,
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which is a ring road around London, recently,
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som er en lang vej rundt om London, for nylig,
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and spent three-and-a-half hours there. And I can tell you,
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og tilbragte tre og en halv time der. Og jeg kan fortælle
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that's really bad slow.
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at det er virkelig dårligt langsomt.
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But the new idea,
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Men den nye ide,
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the sort of revolutionary idea, of the Slow Movement,
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den revolutionerende ide, fra Slow Movement,
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is that there is such a thing as "good slow," too.
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er at der er en ting som "godt langsomt" også.
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And good slow is, you know, taking the time
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Og godt langsom er, I ved, at tage tiden
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to eat a meal with your family, with the TV switched off.
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til at spise et måltid med familien, hvor tv'et er slukket.
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Or taking the time to look at a problem from all angles
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Eller at tage tiden til at kigge på et problem fra alle vinkler
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in the office to make the best decision
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på kontoret, til at tage den bedste beslutning
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at work.
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på arbejdet.
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Or even simply just taking the time
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Eller bare at tage tiden
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to slow down
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til at sætte farten ned
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and savor your life.
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og nyde ens liv.
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Now, one of the things that I found most uplifting
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Nuvel, en af de ting som jeg fandt mest opløftende
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about all of this stuff that's happened around the book
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om alle disse ting der er sket omkring bogen
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since it came out, is the reaction to it.
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siden den udkom, er reaktionen på den.
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And I knew that when my book on slowness came out,
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Og jeg vidste at da min bog om langsomhed udkom,
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it would be welcomed by the New Age brigade,
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ville den blive hilst velkommen af New Age brigaden,
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but it's also been taken up, with great gusto,
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men den er også blevet samlet op, med stor begejstring,
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by the corporate world -- you know,
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af erhvervslivet -- I ved,
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business press, but also
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business pressen, men også
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big companies and leadership organizations.
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store virksomheder og ledelses organisationer.
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Because people at the top of the chain, people like you, I think,
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Fordi mennesker i toppen af kæden, mennesker som Jer, tror jeg,
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are starting to realize that there's too much
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begynder at indse at der er for meget
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speed in the system,
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fart i systemet,
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there's too much busyness, and it's time to find,
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der er for meget travlhed, og det er på tide at finde,
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or get back to that lost art of shifting gears.
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eller at gå tilbage til den tabte kunstform af at skifte gear.
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Another encouraging sign, I think,
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Et andet tilskyndede tegn, synes jeg,
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is that it's not just in the developed world
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er at det ikke kun er i den udviklede verden
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that this idea's been taken up. In the developing world,
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at denne ide er taget op. I den udviklende verden,
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in countries that are on the verge of making that leap
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i landende der er på kanten til at lave det hop
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into first world status -- China, Brazil,
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in til i-lands status -- Kina, Brasilien,
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Thailand, Poland, and so on --
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Thailand, Polen og så videre --
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these countries have embraced the idea of the Slow Movement,
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disse lande har taget imod ideen om Slow Movement,
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many people in them, and there's a debate going on
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mange mennesker i dem, og der er gang i en global debat
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in their media, on the streets.
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i deres medier, i gaderne.
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Because I think they're looking at the West, and they're saying,
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Fordi jeg tror at de kigger på Vesten, og de siger,
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"Well, we like that aspect of what you've got,
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"Jamen, vi kan godt lide det aspekt af hvad I har,
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but we're not so sure about that."
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men vi er ikke så sikre på det".
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So all of that said, is it,
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Når det er sagt, er det,
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I guess, is it possible?
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tror jeg, er det muligt?
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That's really the main question before us today. Is it possible
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Det er virkelig det primære spørgsmål i dag. Er det muligt
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to slow down? And
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at sætte farten ned? Og
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I'm happy to be able to say to you
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jeg er glad for at kunne sige til Jer
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that the answer is a resounding yes.
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at svaret er et bragende ja.
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And I present myself as Exhibit A,
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Og jeg fremstiller mig selv som bevismateriale A,
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a kind of reformed and rehabilitated
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en slags forbedret og rehabiliteret
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speed-aholic.
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hastighedsnarkoman.
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I still love speed. You know, I live in London,
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Jeg elsker stadig fart. I ved, jeg bor i London,
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and I work as a journalist,
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og jeg arbejder som journalist,
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and I enjoy the buzz and the busyness,
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og jeg elsker den summen og travlhed,
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and the adrenaline rush that comes from both of those things.
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og det adrenalinsus der kommer fra begge disse ting.
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I play squash and ice hockey,
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Jeg spiller squash og ishockey,
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two very fast sports, and I wouldn't give them up for the world.
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to meget hurtige sportsgrene, og jeg ville ikke opgive dem for noget i verden.
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But I've also, over the last year or so,
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Men jeg er også, i løbet af det sidste års tid,
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got in touch with my inner tortoise.
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kommet i kontakt med min indre skildpadde.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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And what that means is that
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Og hvad det betyder er at
16:55
I no longer
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jeg ikke længere
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overload myself gratuitously.
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frivilligt overbelaster mig selv .
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My default mode is no longer
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Min standardindstilling er ikke længere
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to be a rush-aholic.
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at være en travl-o-holiker.
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I no longer hear
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Jeg hører ikke længere
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time's winged chariot drawing near,
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tidens vingede vogn komme nærmere,
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or at least not as much as I did before.
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eller i det mindste ikke lige så meget som jeg gjorde før.
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I can actually hear it now, because I see my time is ticking off.
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Jeg kan faktisk høre den nu, fordi jeg kan se at tiden er ved at udløbe.
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And the upshot of all of that is that
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Og resultatet af det hele er at
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I actually feel a lot happier, healthier,
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jeg faktisk føler mig meget lykkeligere, sundere,
17:22
more productive than I ever have.
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mere produktiv end jeg nogensinde har været.
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I feel like I'm living
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Det føles som om jeg lever
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my life rather than actually just racing through it.
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mit liv, i stedet for faktisk bare at race igennem det.
17:31
And perhaps, the most important
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Og måske, den vigtigste
17:33
measure of the success of this
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målestok for succesen af det her
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is that I feel that my relationships are a lot deeper,
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er at jeg føler at mine forhold er blevet meget dybere,
17:38
richer, stronger.
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rigere, stærkere.
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And for me, I guess, the litmus test
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Og for mig, tror jeg, er lakmusprøven
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for whether this would work, and what it would mean,
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for om dette kunne virke, og hvad det ville betyde,
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was always going to be bedtime stories, because that's sort of where
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vil altid være godnathistorierne, fordi det er på en måde der
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the journey began. And there too the news is
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hvor rejsen begyndte. Og der er det nye også
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rosy. You know,
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rosenrødt. I ved,
17:53
at the end of the day, I go into my son's room.
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i sidste ende, går jeg ind i min søns værelse.
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I don't wear a watch. I switch off my computer,
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Jeg har ikke ur på. Jeg slukker min computer,
17:57
so I can't hear the email pinging into the basket,
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så jeg ikke kan høre mailen komme i indbakken,
17:59
and I just slow down to his pace and we read.
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og jeg sætter bare farten ned til hans tempo, og vi læser.
18:03
And because children have their own tempo and internal clock,
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Og fordi barn har deres eget tempo og indre ur,
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they don't do quality time,
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de bruger ikke kvalitetstid,
18:08
where you schedule 10 minutes for them to open up to you.
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hvor man planlægger 10 minutter til dem, for at de kan åbne sig op for en.
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They need you to move at their rhythm.
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De har brug for at man kan bevæge sig til deres rytme.
18:13
I find that 10 minutes into a story, you know,
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Jeg mærker at 10 minutter inde i en historie, I ved,
18:15
my son will suddenly say, "You know,
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siger min søn pludselig, "Du ved,
18:17
something happened in the playground today that really bothered me."
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der skete noget på legepladsen i dag der virkelig nager mig."
18:19
And we'll go off and have a conversation on that.
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Og så har vi en samtale om det.
18:22
And I now find that bedtime stories
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Og jeg mærker nu at godnathistorier
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used to be
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plejede at være
18:27
a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded,
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en kasse på min to do-liste, noget jeg frygtede,
18:30
because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
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fordi det gik så langsomt og jeg skulle komme hurtigt igennem det.
18:32
It's become my reward at the end of the day,
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Det er blevet min præmie ved dagens afslutning,
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something I really cherish.
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noget jeg virkelig værdsætter.
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And I have a kind of Hollywood ending
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Og jeg har en slags Hollywood afslutning
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to my talk this afternoon,
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på mit foredrag denne eftermiddag,
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which goes a little bit like this:
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hvilket lyder cirka sådan her:
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a few months ago, I was getting ready to go on
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for et par måneder siden, var jeg ved at gøre klar til at tage på
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another book tour, and I had my bags packed.
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endnu en bog tour, og jeg havde pakket taskerne.
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I was downstairs by the front door, and I was waiting for a taxi,
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Jeg stod nedenunder ved fordøren, og jeg ventede på en taxa,
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and my son came down the stairs and
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og min søn kom ned af trapperne og
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he'd made a card for me. And he was carrying it.
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han havde lavet et kort til mig. Og han bar det.
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He'd gone and stapled two cards, very like these, together,
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Han havde hæftet to kort, meget lig disse, sammen,
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and put a sticker of his favorite
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og puttet en sticker på hans yndlings
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character, Tintin, on the front.
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karakter, Tintin, på forsiden.
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And he said to me,
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Og han sagde til mig,
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or he handed this to me, and I read it,
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eller han gav mig dette, og jeg læste det,
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and it said, "To Daddy, love Benjamin."
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og der stod, "Til far, kærlig hilsen Benjamin."
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And I thought, "Aw, that's really sweet.
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Og jeg tænkte, "Årh, det er rigtig sødt.
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Is that a good luck on the book tour card?"
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Er det et held og lykke på bog touren kort?"
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And he said, "No, no, no, Daddy -- this is a card
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Og han sagde, "Nej, nej, nej far -- det her er et kort
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for being the best story reader in the world."
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for at være den bedste historiefortæller i verden."
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And I thought, "Yeah, you know, this slowing down thing really does work."
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Og jeg tænkte, "Ja, I ved, dette med at sætte farten ned virker virkelig."
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Thank you very much.
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Mange tak.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carl Honore - JournalistIn his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise."
Why you should listen
Canadian-born journalist Carl Honoré has written for The Economist, the Houston Chronicle, the Observer, and the National Post, but he is best known for his advocacy of the Slow Movement. A loose and international effort by the harried and haggard to decelerate the pace of their lives, the Slow Movement spans everything from telecommunications (slow email) and health care (slow medicine) to diet (slow food) and public space (slow cities).
Honore's bestselling book In Praise of Slowness plots the lineage of our speed-obsessed society; while it recognizes the difficulty of slowing down, it also highlights the successes of everyday people around the world who have found ways of doing it. Honoré traces his "Aha" moment to his son's bedtime, when Honore would race through storybooks -- skipping pages, reading portions of paragraphs -- to move things along. (He's since reformed.) His latest book, Under Pressure, is about how we are raising a generation of overprogrammed, overachieving and exhausted children.
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