Why does time slow down when we fear for our lives?
"The issue we've got is the uncertainty which slows businesses down, which will, over time, slow down banking so it's… really good that the government is trying to have the vote very quickly," McEwan said on BBC2's Newsnight.
And García very softly, almost inaudibly, berated her or him or me or whoever it was: So you couldn't tolerate fifteen minutes of silence, eh? Couldn't just wait, let time slow down?
Tartt is able to make "reading time" slow down, so that you feel you are experiencing the events she describes in real time, or even more slowly than real time.
"The issue we've got is the uncertainty which slows businesses down, which will, over time, slow down banking so it's … really good that the government is trying to have the vote very quickly," said the boss of RBS, which is 73% owned by the taxpayer.
The development of smart techniques that focus the available computing power on these urgent events and at the same time, slow down the processing frequency during inactive periods could be the key for preserving energy.
