The Great Acceleration by Colvile, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Dedication Contents Introduction

The Great Acceleration Future Perfect?

1. Permanent Revolution

Chips with Everything A Quick History of Disruption Schumpeter’s Children The Customer is Always Right The Revenge of the Dinosaurs Today Silicon Valley, Tomorrow the World

2. Quick Reactions

Brain Candy Attention Deficit? Stressed Out Chained to the Desk Sleepless Nights The Road To Recovery

3. Fast Friends

The Legend of Zelda Growing up Fast The Curse of Oversharing The Quickening of Desire The Swipe is Right The Automation of Adoration No Such Thing as Society?

4. The Art of Acceleration

Kings of Convenience Sinking Deeper The Shock of the New Following the Crowd Watering the Grass Roots Playing the Game Who Needs Humans Anyway?

5. Tomorrow’s News Today

Squeezing the Press Speeding Up, Dumbing Down Talking Heads The Case for Disruption Quantity and Quality The Next Generation of News

6. The Pace of Politics

The Permanent Campaign Governing in a Hurry Men of Destiny Judging by Appearances Riding the Tiger Getting Better Government Reinventing Government Future Imperfect

7. Time is Money

Short Term, Short Sight Market Mayhem Hot Money The Triumph of the Nerds Trading at the Speed of Light The Case for the Defence The Flash Crash Mending the Market

8. Planet Express

The Great Deceleration Delivering The Goods Going Global Slicker Cities

9. Racing to Destruction?

Appetite For Destruction Global Summer Time Planet Of Plenty From Feast to Famine Reaching the Limits? Acceleration to the Rescue The Future’s Bright

Conclusion – Fast Forward

Grey Planet A World of Possibilities The Last Invention

Acknowledgements Notes Index A Note on the Author Copyright