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The great acceleration : how the world is getting faster, faster / Robert Colville.
Van Pelt Library HM846.C65 G72 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colvile, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Technology and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 390 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
- Summary:
- Colvile inspects the various ways in which the pace of life in our society is increasing and examines the evolutionary science behind our need for constant acceleration, as well as why it's unlikely we'll be able to slow down--or even want to.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Permanent revolution
- Quick reactions
- Fast friends
- The art of acceleration
- Tomorrow's news today
- The pace of politics
- Time is money
- Planet express
- Racing to destruction?
- Conclusion: Fast forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-374) and an index.
- ISBN:
- 163286455X
- 9781632864550
- OCLC:
- 918283842
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