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So Much, So Fast, So Little Time
Coming to Terms with Rapid Change and Its Consequences
Michael St. Clair
- 248 pages
- English
- PDF
- Disponible sur iOS et Android
So Much, So Fast, So Little Time
Coming to Terms with Rapid Change and Its Consequences
Michael St. Clair
Ă propos de ce livre
This book examines the extraordinary changes that technology brings and how these affect all of us and our familiesâat home, at school, and at our work placesâwith profound consequences for society. Twenty-first-century technology opens up fabulous opportunities, but also changes how we relate to each other and warps our sense of time, reality, duty, and privacy. Technologies and time-saving devices make everything happen faster, with the result that we feel busier than ever before. "Free time" seems in danger of extinction. So Much, So Fast, So Little Time: Coming to Terms with Rapid Change and Its Consequences provides fascinating insights about how our changing world is changing our families and our personal relationships; how we travel, behave as consumers, and communicate; and how we entertain ourselves and deal with our anxieties. Written in a popular, accessible style, this book describes seven areas of significant societal change, providing concrete examples and engaging stories to illustrate how drastically our right-now mindset has shifted our perception and experience of the world. In the last chapter, the author makes some practical suggestions on how to take thoughtful action to respond to the onslaught of inevitable change.
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1: What Is Happening to Us? And Why?
- 2: So Much Information Is Changing How We Think
- 3: Communication, Entertainment, and Overstimulation
- 4: Work: How It Changes and How It Changes Us
- 5: New Behaviors and Changes in Manners
- 6: Faster and Faster Time
- 7: Families, Women, and Sex
- 8: Making Sense of Contradictory Social Trends
- 9: Conclusion
- Notes
- Index