Rushkoff Levy No Time To Think Summary

How we contemplate time is always changing. Due to acceleration we are left with little if any time to think and contemplate our work and our lives. Levy uses many key terms in his article, one term he uses is acceleration. Acceleration is the increase of speed or progress of something. Levy uses acceleration to describe the process of how technology is speeding up our lives. Another key term that Levy uses in his article is contemplation. Contemplations is thinking or considering doing something. Levy uses the term contemplation in the context of how society can no longer think due to how technology has busied our lives. Rushkoff and Levy’s context differ with each other to show their audiences what they should take in as important. Rushkoff
His article showed how technology is accelerating our work and culture thus leaving no room to contemplate your work and life. Levy used three people doing different things, but all related to each other. One of those people levy talked about was a geneticist Barbara McClintock who worked on corn genetics, and how she shaped her life to allow time to think and focus. Levy also talked about Vannevar Bush who created tools that made it easier to work on work, instead of the creative process. He created the Memex which is a data storage so people could have information available to them. The last person is Josef Pieper who talked about the Greeks focused on leisure and work was secondary. Pieper talks of how society has completely moved away from that. Levy compares different ages and how in the industrial era we went at human pace and now due to technology we cannot keep up. Which then leads to Levy’s self-reflections and contemplation. For example Levy makes a point to tell us to take passion and admire your work. Both Rushkoff and Levy call for
Rushkoff wants them to speed up while also keeping with culture. Levy’s article was aimed at the Academic community especially scientist and college students. Rushkoff talks about CEOs and how they are doing a bad job. Rushkoff says, “Good CEOs reading this manifesto should be making the connection between presentism and their operation” (Rushkoff 116). Rushkoff wants CEOs to change with society and by finding the connection between presentism and their company will make their company more modern. Levy is talking to the academic community asking them to change, “By enmeshing scholars in the endless practical details of managing the record, including the selection of relevant materials, a surfeit of information would leave them less time to think” (Levy 65). Levy wants his audience to slow down take their time, so they can gain a better understanding of their work. Levy would agree with Rushkoff about the need for CEOs to contemplate the connections between presentism and there operations. Levy would also agree with Rushkoff’s goal because it is to instill in his audience the idea of slowing down and really think about what you are doing. Rushkoff want his audience to think about what he said and that is exactly what Levy