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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954936403321

Autore

St. Clair Michael <1940->

Titolo

So much, so fast, so little time : coming to terms with rapid change and its consequences / / Michael St. Clair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara : , : Praeger, , 2011

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798216015550

9786613214089

9781283214087

1283214083

9780313392764

0313392765

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

155.2/4

Soggetti

Change (Psychology)

Change

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and acknowledgments -- What is happening to us? and why? -- So much information is changing how we think -- Communication, entertainment, and over-stimulation -- Work : how it changes and how it changes us -- New behaviors and changes in manners -- Faster and faster time -- Families, women, and sex -- Making sense of contradictory social trends -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the extraordinary changes that technology brings and how these affect all of us and our families-at home, at school, and at our work places-with profound consequences for society.