Slow Science

<!--HTML-->I make a case for slow science that focuses not on the exploitation of land, labour and the environment, but on knowledge for its own sake. While modern science over the last century has been aided heavily by its promise of future exploitation (its "usefulness") it has also opened unimaginable windows of our minds, with a large fraction of interesting science being "useless". I argue that science should not viewed as a "service provider" for exploitative growth, but rather be embraced as a fundamental human endeavour. Decoupling science from exploitation is the first step towards a sustainable science practice.