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Flash crashes. Speed dating. Instant messaging. In the devices we bring to the lives we lead, everything is getting faster, faster. But where have this great acceleration come from? And where does it lead? On this quite crucial new audiobook, Robert Colvile clarifies the way the cult of disruption in Silicon Valley, the ceaseless progress of technology and our own fundamental appetite for novelty and convenience have blended to speed up every aspect of daily life. Pulling on the latest research, this book traces the road of the acceleration through our working and cultural lives, the food we buy and the music to which we hear. It clarifies how it's changing the multimedia, politics and the financial marketplaces - and asks whether our bodies, and the environment, can cope. Once we race towards the near future - into a world filled with new technology, new ideas and new discoveries - this scintillating and engrossing book is an important, must-listen guide to the wonders and risks that await us.
