Tyranny of the Moment
Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
| 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.
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.
