h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Why is the pace of life so fast now?. Every thing always has to be done at top speed. What is so bad about being slow, if you rush all the time all that happens is you miss things. Take your time, look around you, take notice of what is going on. How did all this fast living start, it seems to me that a lot of todays problems stem from this idea. Look at fast food for example, its not tasty, its not even very good for you. Is there really a need for all the plastic bits that come with most of these fastfood stuffs. Think how much waste is made by these, what is so bad about sitting down for a few mins and eatting from a plate? or just have a burger in napkin. Baby nappies, nasty things but why do we have disposable ones? are they really needed. What is so bad with washable nappies so much better to recycle/reuse, not just these things but many other modern time saving things. Maybe the goverments want us to be living at a fast pace, so that we don't have too much time to notice what is happening in the world.