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The great acceleration : how the world is getting faster, faster / Robert Colvile.

By: Colvile, Robert [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 390 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408840085Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Social aspects | Technology and civilizationDDC classification: 303.483

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.

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.

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wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	303.483 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111062764152

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-374) and an index.

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.

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