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Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything (Hardcover)

by James Gleick (Author)

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Random House USA Inc (1 Sep 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0679408371
ISBN-13: 978-0679408376
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Presents a study of the human fascination with time from a psychological, biological, and cultural perspective, tracing the development of measuring time and exploring ways in which we try to stretch our allotted time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Move over John A. McPhee, coming through, 9 Nov 2004

By	bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

The master of important trivia, John A. McPhee "Oranges" ISBN: 0374226881, is about to be surpassed by James Gleick, "The Acceleration Guy." The history of chronometry will never be the same. His insights on elevators are uplifting. He discuses the type-A personality and its misconceptions. I will not go through every subject as you do not have TIME to read this review, but I was surprised to find out what "God's speed" meant.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Faster but going where?, 9 Nov 2007

By	Karen Loasby "information architect" (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This isn't a terrible book but it left me feeling strangely empty. I'm not sure Gleick has anything more to say than we all seem to find it hard to relax. The other 299 pages seem like padding. The anecdotes are all interesting but I feel like I've heard them all before in more depth and they didn't seem to be building towards any kind of argument.

The conclusion that we should 'squander time agressively' wasn't particularly well supported by anything in the rest of the book. There is very little in the way of anecdote or evidence to support this as a route to happiness. The rare discussion of people living lives at a slower pace is in reference to previous generations and so Gleick doesn't even attempt to explore how successfully we can regain that experience if the world around is in thrall to speed. There isn't even much in the way of evidence that the increase in speed that Gleick describes is actually a bad thing.

All the praise on the dustjacket was for other books by Gleick rather than for 'Faster'.

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