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0 Leader 03087pam a2200385 a 4500
1 Control # ocn796756185^
3 Control # Id DLC^
5 Date 20130320151130.8^
8 Fixed Data 130107s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng ^
10 LC Card ^a 2012039915^
20 ISBN ^a9781591844761 (hbk.)^
20 ISBN ^a1591844762 (hbk.)^
35 Local Ctrl # ^a(OCoLC)796756185^
40 Cat. Source ^aDLC^beng^cDLC^dTnLvILS^
42 Authen. Ctr. ^apcc^
50 LC Call 0 0 ^aT14.5^b.R86 2013^
82 Dewey Class 0 0 ^a303.48/3^223^
100 ME:Pers Name 1 ^aRushkoff, Douglas.^
245 Title 1 0 ^aPresent shock :^bwhen everything happens now /^cDouglas Rushkoff.^
260 Imprint ^aNew York :^bCurrent,^c2013.^
300 Phys Descrpt ^a296 p. ;^c22 cm.^
520 Abstract ^a"An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of "continuous now" Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to Douglas Rushkoff, "presentism" is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time, updating live. Guided by neither history nor long term goals, we navigate a sea of media that blend the past and future into a mash-up of instantaneous experience. Rushkoff shows how this trend is both disorienting and exhilarating. Without linear narrative we get both the humiliations of reality TV and the associative brilliance of The Simpsons. With no time for long term investing, we invent dangerously compressed derivatives yet also revive sustainable local businesses. In politics, presentism drives both the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. In many ways, this was the goal of digital technology--outsourcing our memory was supposed to free us up to focus on the present. But we are in danger of squandering this cognitive surplus on trivia. Rushkoff shows how we can instead ground ourselves in the reality of the present tense. "--^cProvided by publisher.^
520 Abstract ^a"In the 1970s futurism was in. But looking forward has become a thing of the past. According to Rushkoff, "presentism" is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time, updating live. Rushkoff shows how this trend is both exhilarating and disorienting. This was the goal of technology--outsourcing our memory was supposed to free us up to focus on the present. But we are in danger of squandering this cognitive surplus on trivia. Rushkoff shows how we can instead ground ourselves in the reality of the present tense"--^cProvided by publisher.^
504 Note:Bibliog ^aIncludes bibliographical references and index.^
650 Subj:Topical 0 ^aTechnology^xSocial aspects.^
650 Subj:Topical 0 ^aTechnology^xPhilosophy.^
650 Subj:Topical 7 ^aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.^2bisacsh^
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898 Tag 898 ^aAdult qadult^
898 Tag 898 ^aBook qbook^
898 Tag 898 ^aEnglish qEnglish^
898 Tag 898 ^aNonfiction qnonfiction^
910 Tag 910 ^aCARL0008675601^
981 Tag 981 ^aCHICAGO^c20130322^
998 Tag 998 4 ^aLDR83.0 20130122110857 ORDR ^bLDR83.0 20130325134958 INGM ^bGMU000013520130319154503 ^bLDR83.0 20130319134238 INGM ^bLDR83.0 20130122110857 ORDR^