The Great Acceleration: How the World Is Getting Faster, Faster
Cover -- A Note on the Author -- Dedication -- Title -- 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