TITLE : FASTER: THE ACCELERATION OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

 
CONTENT
 
Pacemaker
3
 
Life as Type A
15
 
The Door Close Button
23
 
Your Other Face
31
 
Time Goes Standard
43
 
The New Accelerators
49
 
Seeing in Slow Motion
57
 
In Real Time
65
 
Lost in Time
77
 
On Internet Time
83
 
Quick-Your Opinion?
95
 
Decomposition Takes Time
101
 
On Your Mark, Get Set, Think
107
 
A Millisecond Here, a Millisecond There
115
 
1,440 Minutes a Day
121
 
Sex and Paperwork
127
 
Modern Conveniences
135
 
Jog More, Read Less
139
 
Eat and Run
147
 
How Many Hours Do You Work?
151
 
7:15. Took Shower
161
 
Attention! Multitaskers
167
 
Shot-Shot-Shot-Shot
173
 
Prest-o! Change-o!
181
 
MTV Zooms By
187
 
Allegro ma Non Troppo
191
 
Can You See It?
195
 
High-Pressure Minutes
203
 
Time and Motion
211
 
The Paradox of Efficiency
217
 
365 Ways to Save Time
227
 
The Telephone Lottery
233
 
Time Is Not Money
239
 
Short-Term Memory
249
 
The Law of Small Numbers
257
 
Bored
267
 
The End
273
 
Acknowledgments and Notes
283
 
Index
307