# Present Shock

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- Book: [Present Shock](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-rushkoff/present-shock) ([Present Shock.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-rushkoff/present-shock.md))
- Authors: [Douglas Rushkoff](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-rushkoff)
- Publisher: current
- ISBN: 978-16-1723-010-3
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2014-02-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future. We created technologies that would help connect us faster, gather news, map the planet, and compile knowledge. We strove for an instantaneous...