Slow Down

As technology has increased, become cheaper and ever-present, the speed of life has increased significantly. 200 years ago, New York to San Francisco would have taken months with a strong possibility of dying. Now it's a 6 hour plane flight, affordable to most people that aren't living in poverty. The observation has been made many times now that although things can be done much quicker, it seems like we have less and less time. It seems trite to even mention it again.
And it's great that so many things are done quicker. But not everything should be done quickly. Industrialization has made efficiency such an important quality. And being efficient is certainly a good thing for many things. But some things take time. One thing that sticks in my mind is getting results from meditation. You can't just meditate for an hour the first time you try. Meditating for a few minutes at a time can be a monumental struggle. You can learn the technique in minutes, but you can improve your ability for decades. There is no shortcut.
Meditation is just one example though. So many things take time. You can't make a delicious microwave dinner. My concern is that soon people will be able to communicate directly with computers, and people will be able to use computers to communicate with other people much faster. What will be lost in the interactions between cyborgs? Will all of the things that require patience and effort be cast aside because they're not fast enough?