Do Digital Technologies Enhance the Speed of Our Lives?

A conversation with Judy Wajcman

Judy Wajcman is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. She is the author of Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism and the editor of The Sociology of Speed: Digital, Organisational and Social Temporalities. In the following interview, she talks to Public Seminar about ...
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Do Digital Technologies Enhance the Speed of Our Lives?

Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

An excerpt from Judy Wajcman’s latest book

There is a widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be, and smartphones and the Internet are continually being blamed. In Pressed for Time, Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life. She argues that we are not mere ...
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism