Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Wired for Speed: Technology and the Accelerating Pace of Life

Wired for Speed: Technology and the Accelerating Pace of Life

What impact does technology have on the pace of life? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Robert Krulwich investigate the impact of technological innovations on the body and mind in particular and society in general—from rotary phones to cell phones and from hand-squeezed orange juice to "stab and drink" juice boxes. Forbes ASAP editor Michael Malone, Columbia University psychology professor John Gibbon, Silicon Valley pioneer Regis McKenna, and others discuss the underlying ramifications of labor-saving devices. Must a human being become a "human doing" in order to feel fully alive? (42 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10904
Copyright date: ©1999

Part of the Series : Brave New World


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