Tyranny of the Moment

Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
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Author: Thomas Hylland Eriksen ISBN: 9781783716234
Publisher: Pluto Press Publication: August 20, 2001
Imprint: Pluto Press Language: English
Author: Thomas Hylland Eriksen
ISBN: 9781783716234
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication: August 20, 2001
Imprint: Pluto Press
Language: English

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. *BR**BR*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?*BR**BR*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.

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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. *BR**BR*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?*BR**BR*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.

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