LEADER 02942nam 22005774a 450 001 9910456369603321 005 20210723192058.0 010 $a1-282-69647-5 010 $a9786612696473 010 $a1-926685-74-1 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002734 035 $a(EBL)547525 035 $a(OCoLC)611612509 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440206 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11287495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440206 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488533 035 $a(PQKB)11151857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547525 035 $a(GLC)417025 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224815 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547525 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312707 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL269647 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002734 100 $a20050204d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo time$b[electronic resource] $estress and the crisis of modern life /$fHeather Menzies 210 $aVancouver, B.C. $cDouglas & McIntyre ;$a[Berkeley, CA] $cDistributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 311 $a1-55365-045-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-282) and index. 327 $aPart I: Individuals : trashing the body and the mind through stress and overwork. Building an environment in motion -- Stressed out and dreamless -- Workaholics and chronic fatigue. Part II: Institutions : living in an attention-deficit culture. Virtual worlds and deserting the real -- Nurses and health care -- Minding the common welfare. Part III: Society : bringing a crisis of accountability and meaning home to roost. Children's time and attention deficit disorder -- Drawing students into society's conversations -- Civic dialogue and noisy silence. Part IV: Renewal : reclaiming a feeling for ourselves. Take your time -- Time for dialogue and democracy. 330 $aEveryone agrees: there aren't enough hours in the day. But what happened to the promise that technology would provide more leisure time? Instead, everyone is working harder and longer than they did 15 years ago, squeezed and scattered and stressed to the point of burnout. Coping with the dizzying pace of a society drowning in information overload, it's a wonder anyone functions normally.Building on the success of Whose Brave New World? and Fastforward and Out of Control, Heather Menzies takes readers on a sobering tour of this troubling phenomenon, highlightin 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aMenzies$b Heather$f1949-$0998218 712 02$aGibson Library Connections, Inc. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456369603321 996 $aNo time$92289644 997 $aUNINA