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100 1 _aTaylor, Mark C.,
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245 1 0 _aSpeed limits :
_bwhere time went and why we have so little left /
_cMark C. Taylor.
264 1 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014
300 _ax, 396 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tIntroduction: Speed traps --
_tAddiction to speed --
_tInvisible hands --
_tTime counts --
_tWindows shopping --
_tNet working --
_tInefficient market hypothesis --
_tDividing by connecting --
_tExtreme finance --
_tReprogramming life, deprogramming minds --
_tMeltdowns --
_tAppendix: Final exams, Spring 1922, Arendtsville High School, Arendtsville, Pennsylvania.
520 _a"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."--Book jacket.
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