Tyranny of the Moment (e-bog) af Eriksen, Thomas Hylland

Tyranny of the Moment e-bog

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The turn of the millennium is characterised by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. Tyranny of the Moment deals with the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently timesaving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to informat...
E-bog 253,01 DKK
Forfattere Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (forfatter)
Forlag Pluto Press
Udgivet 20 august 2001
Længde 192 sider
Genrer Political structures: democracy
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781783716234
The turn of the millennium is characterised by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. Tyranny of the Moment deals with the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age. Who would have expected that apparently timesaving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to information led to confusion rather than enlightenment?Eriksen argues that slow time - private periods where we are able to think and correspond without interruption - is now one of the most precious resources we have.