24. James Gleick "Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything"
I should have read the post script first. Gleick comes out and says that by the time the paperback edition was printed, it's already out of date. That was printed in 2000.
"Faster" is part history book, part science expose and part personal essays. I enjoyed the chapters on the history of the pocket watch but didn't like the musings on multitasking while waiting for your computer to boot.
The book was good enough to give other Gleick works a shot, but I'll keep in mind that timing is everything.
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