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Gleick, James. Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Pantheon. 1999.
Summary: Gleick provides many examples of modern life's acceleration: telephone redial buttons, packaged foods, even car chases in moves. He argues that part of the reason lies in the devices that turned it into a commodity: elevator buttons, wristwatches, time zones, atomic clocks, and nanosecond computer speeds. He also argues that the sum effect of all our efforts have been negative: we now have less free time than our forebears.Use: Gleick's book is an excellent resource illustrating one of the core imperatives informing the need for learning as a lifelong skill: everything is faster. We must adapt to the change.
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