Los Angeles Should Be Buried

 

 

Dear Nautilus Reader,

When it comes to slow, we should listen to Fredrik Sjöberg. He spent seven years collecting hoverflies on a tiny Swedish island with 300 people on it, before spending another few years writing a memoir. 

But here’s the thing: Sjöberg always wanted to be a bit faster. “You can always get off an express train but there’s no good way to speed up a donkey caravan,” he points out. 

No, Sjöberg’s years of waiting in redolent meadows with a bottle of cyanide have simply given him an even keel. “Slowness is not an end in itself,” he concludes; “neither a virtue nor a defeat.” 

This week, Nautilus excerpts Sjöberg’s memoir, The Fly Trap, in our first ever Prime article (read more about Prime membership here).

Our Best,

The Nautilus Team
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