A review by redbecca
Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

5.0

It's interesting to read a book from the cusp of the true internet-era today; and rather than going out of date, the book is remarkably prescient, identifying the trends that have led to our harried contemporary reality just as they were being felt for the first time. The suggestions he makes in the conclusion seem like utopian fantasies to me, which is too bad, because they are good ideas. For example: I would like govt. and labor contract rules limiting the degree to which people are required to be responsive to emails.