3. AI, HASTE: THE MOST ACCEPTED MISTAKE OF OUR TIME

We live in an age that confuses speed with value. Doing things quickly has become synonymous with doing them well, and responding immediately seems more important than understanding. Haste is no longer perceived as a problem, but as a socially accepted virtue. However, few human attitudes generate as many silent errors as  haste .
Haste alters the way we think. It pushes us to decide without evaluating, to speak without listening, and to act without fully understanding the consequences. Under its influence, judgment becomes superficial, and reflection seems like a waste of time. It is no coincidence that many bad decisions have been made "out of haste."
Furthermore, haste impoverishes experience. When everything is done urgently, life is only half-lived. Moments lose depth, encounters become merely functional, and attention is fragmented. Much is done, but  little is felt . Life becomes a succession of completed tasks, not lived experiences.
Another less visible effect of haste is its impact on human relationships. Listening with true attention requires time, and haste steals it away. Interrupted conversations, automatic responses, and absent presences are symptoms of a fast-paced culture that sacrifices connection for efficiency.
Haste also distorts the notion of success. Those who arrive first are valued, not those who arrive best. Speed ​​is rewarded over consistency, and productivity is confused with meaning. Thus, we rush, but not always in the right direction.
Paradoxically, haste promises to save time, but ends up stealing it. It generates errors that must be corrected, decisions that must be undone, and conflicts that could have been avoided. The time that wasn't invested initially is paid for many times over later.
Accepting haste as the norm has an internal cost. It produces anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and a constant feeling of inadequacy. Nothing is ever enough, the pace is never fast enough. Something is always missing, we're always running late. Haste instills the idea that life is a race that can never be won.
In contrast, slowing down isn't going backward; it's  regaining control . Choosing a more human pace allows us to think better, feel more clearly, and decide more responsibly. It's not about eliminating action, but about giving it meaning.
True efficiency lies not in doing more in less time, but in doing  the right thing , at the right time, and with full awareness. Where haste reigns, error becomes the norm. Where calm prevails, clarity returns.
Perhaps the greatest lesson of our time is recognizing that not everything urgent is important, and not everything fast is valuable. Resisting haste is, today, An act of lucidity and human dignity .
This final phrase encapsulates a  complete philosophy of life ; from it,  profound, practical, and highly relevant lessons can be drawn , expressed with clarity and coherence with his work: 1.
The urgent usually shouts; the important usually speaks softly:  haste drags us toward what makes noise. Time teaches that what is truly important does not always impose itself; often it waits to be.  Responding quickly is not the same as responding with careful  listening. 2. Speed ​​favors reaction, not understanding: lucidity needs space to think, and that space only appears when we slow down. 3. Resisting haste is caring for inner health:  constant urgency exhausts the mind and spirit. Choosing a more human rhythm is a silent form of self-care. 4. Not everything deserves an immediate response:  time teaches that some situations improve when we don't intervene immediately. Conscious waiting is also a decision. 5. Human dignity includes the right to one's own pace:  when everything accelerates, we lose the freedom to decide how to live. Resisting haste means claiming the right to a pace compatible with real life. 6. Haste impoverishes moral judgment:  ethical decisions require reflection. Urgency often simplifies complexity and justifies errors that, with calm, would not be accepted. 7. What is valuable needs time to unfold:  deep relationships , lasting learning, and firm convictions are not built quickly. What is essential grows slowly. 8. Calmness restores meaning to action:  when we slow down, each act regains intention. We don't do less, we do it with greater awareness. 9. Resisting haste is a form of freedom:  not letting ourselves be swept away by external urgency is consciously choosing how to live. That choice is an act of personal sovereignty. 10. Clarity is cultivated in pause:  clarity doesn't usually appear in the midst of haste, but when space is created to think, feel, and decide coherently. Other lessons that calmness reveals:  with time, we learn that what is urgent is not always important. Urgency often shouts and demands an immediate response, while what is truly important speaks in a low voice and requires our attention. Haste, by imposing its own pace, pushes us to attend to what is pressing, not necessarily what makes sense. 
 
Speed ​​fosters reaction, but rarely understanding. Many immediate responses lack depth and generate errors that could have been avoided with a brief moment of reflection. Clarity requires pause; without it, thought becomes superficial.
Resisting haste is also a way to care for one's inner health. Constant urgency wears down the mind, disturbs emotions, and produces a persistent feeling of inadequacy. Choosing a more human pace is not weakness, it is  conscious self-care .
Time teaches that not everything deserves an immediate response. Some situations clarify themselves, some decisions improve with waiting, and some conflicts are avoided when we don't act impulsively. Knowing how to wait is an expression of practical wisdom.
Human dignity includes the right to one's own pace. When speed becomes the norm, freedom is lost. Resisting haste is regaining the ability to decide how to live, think, and act.
Furthermore, haste impoverishes moral judgment. Ethical decisions require reflection, and urgency often justifies shortcuts that later weigh on the conscience. Calm, on the other hand, allows us to act with consistency.
What is truly valuable needs time to unfold. Deep relationships, lasting learning, and firm convictions are not built quickly. They grow slowly, but they endure.
Thus, resisting haste reveals itself as more than a practical choice: it is an  act of lucidity and human dignity , a conscious way of inhabiting time without letting time sweep us away.