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The Future Just Happened

The Future Just Happened

by Michael Lewis (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

The basis of a four-part prime-time BBC series, this volume offers an accessible portrait of modern times, and explores how digital technology, and the Internet in particular, has changed the way we live. The author argues that not only does our generation now have the easiest access to more information than ever before, but more importantly this has changed our attitudes to how we run our lives.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 228
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 05 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 034079500X
ISBN 13: 9780340795002

Media Reviews
One is tempted to be uncharitable and write pot-boiler in a discussion of this book by Michael Lewis, the tie-in to a four-part BBC TV series. The publisher's blurb, describing it as a wonderful exploration of how new technology affects our lives with specific relevance to the internet, sounds at once both daunting and slightly hackneyed. Lewis sees new technology as a Trojan Horse for subtle social changes that are far more interesting than the hardware itself. His book consists of four long essays: Old versus New, Professional versus Amateur, Here versus There and Tyranny versus Freedom, which may put the general reader on his or her guard. Fortunately Lewis's characteristic light prose style saves the day, his account being redeemed by elements of satire and irony - the absence of which would surely have left a lesser writer floundering in dryness. Those who enjoyed his well-received previous book The New New Thing will recognise the roots of this new work stem from that, and will want to read his new portrait of modern times.