Speed Limits

Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300210183
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speed Limits written by Mark C. Taylor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemplation on “the durability of our fast-tracked, multitasked modern world . . . a stimulating cautionary report for the digital age.”—Kirkus Reviews We live in an ever-accelerating world: faster computers, markets, food, fashion, product cycles, minds, bodies, kids, lives. When did everything start moving so fast? Why does speed seem so inevitable? Is faster always better? Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we have, and the more we try to catch up, the farther behind we fall. Connecting our speed-obsession with today’s global capitalism, he composes a grand narrative showing how commitments to economic growth and extreme competition, combined with accelerating technological innovation, have brought us close to disaster. Psychologically, environmentally, economically, and culturally, speed is taking a profound toll on our lives. By showing how the phenomenon of speed has emerged, Taylor offers us a chance to see our pace of life as the product of specific ideas, practices, and policies. It’s not inevitable or irreversible. He courageously and movingly invites us to imagine how we might patiently work towards a more deliberative life and sustainable world. “With panache and flashes of brilliance, Taylor, a Columbia University religion professor and cultural critic, offers a philosophically astute analysis of how time works in our era.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Steven Shaviro
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 145294508X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Speed Limit written by Steven Shaviro and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accelerationism is the bastard offspring of a furtive liaison between Marxism and science fiction. Its basic premise is that the only way out is the way through: to get beyond capitalism, we need to push its technologies to the point where they explode. This may be dubious as a political strategy, but it works as a powerful artistic program. Other authors have debated the pros and cons of accelerationist politics; No Speed Limit makes the case for an accelerationist aesthetics. Our present moment is illuminated, both for good and for ill, in the cracked mirror of science-fictional futurity. Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

Author : Sarah A. Seo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0674980867
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policing the Open Road written by Sarah A. Seo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--

Author : L. Flynn (comp)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic Safety Effects of Fuel Shortage and Speed Limits. [A Bibliography]. written by L. Flynn (comp) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Increased Speed Limits in the Post-NMSL Era written by United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speed Limits in Wisconsin After Repeal of the National Maximum Speed Limit written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Jesse Kahane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lower Speed Limits, Reduced Speeds, Fewer Deaths. January - April 1974 written by Charles Jesse Kahane and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9282103781
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speed Management written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speeding is the number one road safety problem in a large number of OECD/ECMT countries. It is responsible for around one third of the current, unacceptably high levels of road fatalities. Speeding has an impact not only on accidents but also on the ...

Author : Traffic Safety Programs (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Maximum Speed Limit written by Traffic Safety Programs (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D. F. Mela
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Review of Information on the Safety Effects of the 55 Mph Speed Limit in the U.S. written by D. F. Mela and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: