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High-tech gurus invent ultra slow clock to stimulate long-term thinking. Marco Visscher | July 2004 issue Our civilisation has shifted into an unnaturally high gear. Nothing gets the unhurried attention it deserves. So a handful of key high-tech thinkers in the San Francisco Bay area decided Read More...
Notes of a native great-great grandson
Exploring Old World roots gives me a fresh perspective on immigration issues Jay Walljasper | December 2004 issue En route to Ode’s Rotterdam office last month, I took part in what is becoming a familiar ritual for many Americans: meeting the European cousins. The Walljasper clan hails from Read More...
Why faster is not better
Speedy transport means you spend more, not less, time in your car. Tijn Touber | July 2004 issue In a time when cars, trains and airplanes move faster than ever, you would expect we would reach all of our destinations more quickly. Strangely enough, that’s usually not the case, according to Read More...
One last thing...
Marco Visscher | October 2006 issue “It’s important to be lazy” I don’t have time to be lazy! Al Gini: “You’re not alone. We work 50 to 60 hours a week. We have been seduced by the idea that all work is good and leads to success. This work ethic is an invention of factory owners and Read More...
Think like a magician
You can reach a place of infinite potential by finding your own pathTijn Touber | December 2004 issue People sometimes tell me they have a hard time finding Ode on the newsstand. Should they search among the news magazines or in the health section? Politics? Ecology, psychology, spirituality, Read More...
A great awakening
Starting the day right--relaxed and unrushed--makes all the difference. That's the lesson I reluctantly learned from my boyfriend. Mandy Burrell | October 2004 issue My partner is a teddy bear of a guy. He’s squeezably soft, more than a little fuzzy and he truly loves to cuddle. We live Read More...
Heaven on earth
Who talked us into believing you have to die in order to live? Tijn Touber | October 2004 issue The notion of “detachment” is a central theme of nearly every spiritual or religious tradition. And in fact in many traditions, such as Buddhism, it is the primary goal. I, too, spent 16 years Read More...
Finding yourself in the other
Our search for truth rarely stops with a book, workshop, or idea. Tijn Touber | September 2004 issue Recently, I’ve come across more and more people who are lugging boxes of self-help books up to the attic or taking them out to the street to give away. They’re no longer signing up for workshops Read More...
One last thing...
"swinging is liberating and meditative." Says Jennifer Tschoepe. Jay Walljasper | October 2004 issue Isn’t swinging just for kids? “Sure, it seems so. Why shouldn’t we as adults be able to enjoy this simple escape? Have we grown up so much that we are embarrassed to be seen having Read More...
Go with the wind
Not fast, but certainly a lot of fun: a hot air balloon is the perfect way to travel from A to Wherever The Wind Takes You. Sam Jordison | September 2004 issue Modern life has taken all the mystery out of the skies. Flying on a airplane is the most boring thing you can do while still being Read More...