Time acceleration Tutorial

Is time really speeding up or is it our perception that's changing? Explore the effects of technology and collective pressure on our lives in "Time Acceleration." Discover how to reclaim your relationship with time and prioritize well-being over productivity. Join us to understand how consciousness can shift our experience of time against the backdrop of agility and change.

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Funny expression when we know that there is

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nothing more stable and linear than time.

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Seconds,

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minutes,

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hours,

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days,

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months and years will always have the same measurement.

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It is our relationship to time that is in fact shaken,

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caught in the spirals of collective pressure and technology,

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spirals that question the organization of work and life in the future.

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Let us explore these three points.

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The collective pressure to do

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gives us the impression that time is speeding up.

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We run to do everything.

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We have more and more things to do.

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We're in more and more of a hurry.

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Who is pushing us?

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A wise man said,

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when you're in a hurry,

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slow down.

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We have the same time at our disposal as in the past,

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and yet

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we are running out of time.

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Schedules are busy,

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appointments for the speech therapist and the banker are crammed.

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The time spent on transport encroaches our

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to do list.

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Quickly,

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quickly,

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say the parents to their child every morning.

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At work,

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competition demands more productivity,

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free time,

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breathing times,

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they all disappear.

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Doing nothing is not enjoying your time.

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Doing nothing is wasting your time.

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We are subjected to the pressures of our mind,

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stimulated by mass consciousness that tells us that time is money

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and that you have to make the most of it.

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The mind makes a list of everything we have to do during the day,

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during the year.

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It wants our success,

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our happiness.

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It can't for one moment imagine

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that happiness would be to do less things or to take more time to do them.

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Our mind thinks at 100 kilometers per hour while our body

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works at 10 kilometers per hour.

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There is a huge gap between what the mind imagines in its

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abstract virtual world and what humans can do in the real world.

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Precipitation comes from an agitated mind

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that sets more and more ambitious goals for itself.

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We end up acting on autopilot,

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successfully doing the tasks that our mind sets for us.

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We no longer have time to anticipate,

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let alone to build real visions for 5 or 10 years.

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In the company,

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my coaches tell me that there is no point in planning for more than 3 years ahead

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because the world will already have changed,

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and then they too will have changed positions.

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However,

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the ones who actually managed to think a little

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further than the short term make the best leaders,

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not reactive,

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but proactive,

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visionary,

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creating their unity of time instead of being subjected to it.

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When you're in a hurry,

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slow down.

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This is one of the best ways to preserve your health.

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Really choose your priorities and make good decisions.

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Second point of time acceleration,

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technology.

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Yes,

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we are under the impression that time is speeding up

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because our technology is getting faster and faster.

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Many things in our lives are done thanks to machines and faster than before.

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That should have freed up a lot of time.

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Shopping can be done online,

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transportation is getting even faster.

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Robotics facilitate cooking and cleaning.

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Computers are getting faster and more powerful.

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But where did all the saved time go?

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The perception of space time has changed because in a few

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hours we can travel to the end of the world.

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In one call we speak instantly with Asia or the USA.

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Technology is as fast if not faster,

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than the human thought.

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We have forgotten what it is to wait.

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We disconnect when a website takes more than 3 seconds

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to download the home page.

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We get asked for videos no longer than 3 minutes,

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even though our most viewed videos on YouTube are 10 minutes.

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We have to be fast.

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We can't make others wait.

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We invented the concept of premium sales or skip the line tickets to avoid waiting,

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which is considered unbearable for the mind.

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Google answers all our questions in 3 seconds.

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We spend more time selecting the appropriate response

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amidst thousands of Google responses overwhelming us.

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We gained 4 hours per day due to technology both in private and professional life,

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and we filled them with 6 hours of extra activities that eat up our time.

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As for activities,

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our screens won the bet.

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In 2019,

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Adults spent an average of 5 hours 7 minutes a day in front of the screens

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compared to 3 hours 10 minutes

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10 years ago.

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2 more hours,

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that is,

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reports journalist Chrisel Merral.

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The smartphone is obviously gaining more ground.

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How many times a day does an adult check their smartphone?

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221 times on average.

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Children,

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for their part,

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spend an average 4 hours 11 minutes a day in front of the screens,

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an extra hour compared to 10 years ago,

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a strong increase due to the tablet effect.

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The mind has unlearnt boredom and emptiness.

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It has unlearnt to do nothing,

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to dream.

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Our neurons are in permanent hyperactivity.

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We are hyped by the speed of technology.

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Instead of taking advantage of it to take some time for us,

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our mind tried to align us with the rhythm of our

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thoughts and of technology to be as fast as they are.

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The virtual that only requires little effort

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filled the empty time and then took over the busy time,

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even impinging on essential activities.

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At the expense of our bodies,

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at the expense of our relationship,

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and with the drastic consequence of permanent stress.

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Hurry,

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hurry,

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I'm running out of time.

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We feel like the world is changing at an incredible rate,

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right?

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It's up to us to know how to manage this acceleration without losing our breath,

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and yet

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the speed of change we are experiencing today

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is the slowest speed of change we'll ever witness.

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Yes,

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tomorrow everything will go even faster.

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It's not necessarily bad,

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it's a reality.

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Breathe,

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return to your body

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to reality,

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and you won't be overwhelmed by this acceleration.

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My last point on time acceleration

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questions work and future.

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How are we going to manage the

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acceleration of technology and artificial intelligence?

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Are we going to continue to want to run as fast as technology,

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or are we going to take advantage of technology to run less and breathe more?

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Technology is programmed to do better in a shorter time while being,

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if possible,

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less expensive.

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This is the key to economic success.

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Our mind has programmed itself for that too,

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to do better,

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faster,

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for a greater profit.

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Our mind seeks the pleasure of success.

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I won,

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won a virtual game,

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gained information,

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gained immediate pleasure,

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gained recognition through success.

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Our consciousness,

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on the other hand,

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seeks to live better.

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It does not run at the speed of the brain's neuronal connections,

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let alone at the connection speed of computer data.

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It is not looking for speed.

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It seeks to savor the experience whatever it is.

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Your consciousness seeks to create.

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It is nourished by intuition,

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imagination in the here and now.

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Einstein's brain was analyzed.

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It was believed to contain more active neurons than

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in the average human with an average IQ.

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However,

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all they found was more glial cells,

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which are primarily more present in support

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and nutrition and reproduce more slowly.

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Technology exceeds many of the mental capacities of humans.

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It goes faster and will creep growing faster and faster.

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The mind cannot win in this race of doing better,

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faster and with the greatest profit.

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Let's stop trying to keep up with its pace.

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Artificial intelligence

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is not the human competitor.

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It is a servant.

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Just like the mind,

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which is also at the service of the human being,

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what differentiates us from artificial intelligence is consciousness.

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And I guess our consciousness has expanded in these last years

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and during that hard and unexpected time

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we had to spend at home thanks to the COVID crisis.

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After the crisis,

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the acceleration will speed up but hopefully with a higher consciousness.

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Our consciousness can only be activated when we stop living inside our mind only.

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This limited mind,

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which lists everything we must do and rejoices in the

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virtual world that goes much faster than the real world,

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we will stop feeling under the pressure of time

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once consciousness falls back into first place.

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Then the mind will be nothing more than a marvelous servant,

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not the leader.

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Soon

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more than 50% of professions will have disappeared,

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replaced by machines,

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self-driving cars,

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automated checkouts in all stores,

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robot vendors,

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houses built with 3D printers,

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sensors that will diagnose our illnesses better than doctors.

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Lawyers are testing how artificial intelligence leads to

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fairer verdicts in the case of a lawsuit.

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Because the machine ingested all laws and jurisprudence because the machine

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ingested the entirety of the data bought by the parties.

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All this is under test and will keep getting improved until these

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machines will flood the company's market and then the general public market.

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It's only a matter of time.

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Some countries

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aware of these coming soon technologically unemployed people

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are testing the idea of a universal income.

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What will these millions of unemployed people do?

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Will they be given another job?

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Will they be able to live in a

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new relationship to time disconnected from technological acceleration?

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Can technology be put at their service,

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or will it simply be their death warrant?

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I don't have the answer to these questions.

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I simply have the conviction

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that it is our level of consciousness that will bring a new relationship to time.

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It is our level of consciousness that will make all the difference.

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Some more mentally driven people will be swept away by

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the spiral of hyperactivity in the real or virtual world.

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Those will be stuck in their minds overwhelmed by the speed of this new world,

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excited,

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manipulated,

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or in total fear of technology,

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and there will be conscious people who will free

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up more time thanks to all these changes.

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Who will live the beauty of the experience through

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their bodies and senses in the here and now,

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wise enough to put technology at the service of their lives and their passions.

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