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...saves her classmates from Evil, when she's not cracking a book or a joke. The Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, "the most elite kindergarten crime-fighting force ever assembled," protect Townsville with their magical powers. Max, the bionic babe on Fox's "Dark Angel," occasionally lets a mere man help her save the world, after which she suavely extracts herself from his adoration. "What's the plan?" asks her enraptured swain of the moment, who doesn't deserve to be in her car pool, let alone her gene pool. Max's blunt reply: "I'm the plan...
more than mere nostalgic appreciation; their music is still edgy...
...efficient technology, he dismisses their time-saving abilities. Gleick's writing style is direct and easily read. Also, he is often witty with his pop culture references and his sometimes-cynical views of the human condition. The latter is evident in his realization that new inventions have only removed mere seconds and minutes of daily activity and at the same time have provided us with new means of wasting time with innovations like the Internet and customer service hotlines...
...enough minutes in the day, but Gleick asserts that as a society we are not fazed as long as we and the world around us work at higher velocities. Caffeinated beverages have become increasingly popular as daily doses of induced speed. News clips and politician statements are shortened to mere seconds. Spectator sports, such as baseball, implement rules for the purpose of cutting the length of game play. Commercials flash past too quickly to be anything more than subliminal messages. Speed is discovered in new areas and pursued, everyone having the goal of living in the moment, or in "real...
...information. However, in general the book provides an insightful, analytical representation of today's time-ruled society. You will no doubt see yourself in the national averages and examples Gleick uses. Be warned before you read this intriguing book; the time you invest in it exceeds the mere hours it takes to read. You will recall it every time you find yourself doing three things at once or choosing whether or not to push that "door close" button...