# As Slow As Possible

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 30, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-slow-as-possible/958660 "2022-01-30T20:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-slow-as-possible/958660/5 "2022-02-01T03:55:23Z")

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> [@I pit John Cage's " 4'33" "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-john-cages-433/697814/33):
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> …if we as a society can agree to uphold this for 600 more years (and hope to not have the church destroyed by some war) we must not be having many problems. To me, that’s an uplifting thought.

Just like the strains of Nero’s fiddle playing meant that Rome must not have been having many problems.

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