Speed Limits : Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left / Mark C. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Mark C., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and civilization.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Technology--Philosophy.

Speed--Philosophy.

Speed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A leading thinker asks why "faster" is synonymous with "better" in our hurried world and suggests how to take control of our runaway lives We live in an ever-accelerating world: faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives. When did everything start moving so fast? Why does speed seem so inevitable? Is faster always better? Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we have, and the more we try to catch up, the farther behind we fall. Connecting our speed-obsession with today's global capitalism, he composes a grand narrative showing how commitments to economic growth and extreme competition, combined with accelerating technological innovation, have brought us close to disaster. Psychologically, environmentally, economically, and culturally, speed is taking a profound toll on our lives. By showing how the phenomenon of speed has emerged, Taylor offers us a chance to see our pace of life as the product of specific ideas, practices, and policies. It's not inevitable or irreversible. He courageously and movingly invites us to imagine how we might patiently work towards a more deliberative life and sustainable world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Speed Traps

1. Addiction to Speed

2. Invisible Hands

3. Time Counts

4. Windows Shopping

5. Net Working

6. Inefficient Market Hypothesis

7. Dividing by Connecting

8. Extreme Finance

9. Reprogramming Life- Deprogramming Minds

10. Meltdowns

Appendix:Final Exams, Spring 1922 Arendtsville High School Arendtsville, Pennsylvania

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

9780300210187

0300210183

OCLC:

893907328