A brief tribute to slowness in science

Publish or perish: is it the right motto? The answer to this question should be a strong NO. But we already know that this is not the case. I look at the different research calls in which I have participated to get funding. In the CV section, I fnd the following phrase: I have a solid track record with W publications, of which X% are published in Q1 journals. I have Y citations and my h-index is Z. Is this the right information that defnes my path? Are these the correct measurements of my research? I hope not. Even so, I am the one who has written these phrases and nobody has forced me to write them like that. The why goes with the following essay.