Present Shock

When Everything Happens Now

Douglas Rushkoff
Regular price $14.75
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Condition
People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile...
People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantaneous network where time and space could be compressed. Well, the future's arrived. We live in a continuous now enabled by Twitter, email, and a so-called real-time technological shift. Yet this "now" is an elusive goal that we can never quite reach. And the dissonance between our digital selves and our analog bodies has thrown us into a new state of anxiety: present shock.
Publisher
Current
ISBN
9781617230103
Publication Date
February 25, 2014
Photo Source
Stock Photo
No. of Pages
304
Dimensions
L 20.3cm x W 13.6cm x H 2.0cm