Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now

While Douglas Rushkoff tackles some of society's digital afflictions head on he also tends to bounce from point to point without true clarity. Present Shock seeks to unveil the state of mind and time technology has created through its increasing integration within society. Without giving too much away, Rushkoff touches of the human concept of time and how it is impacted by technology and eventually controlled. Many other theories similar to this piece together a somewhat cohesive argument that our Discourse of life is becoming dependent of our technological advances, however, this argument is bogged down by pointless examples and his way of playing both sides. For what it’s worth the book is worth a skim to recover some of the important themes and interesting words Rushkoff creates as labels for his theories. Overall, the condition which Rushkoff exposes can be interpreted better through other texts or even a thorough summary of the entire book. It is worth reading if you share a similar ideology, but if you are someone who balances their digital world with real life it turns into an individual clinging to the past concept of narratives and society, bitterly.

It's ironic that a book disparaging technology and instantaneous knowledge hunger is distributed instantly via eBook.

A rambling narrative of incoherent speculative thought. Nothing insightful or thought provoking.