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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. Speed Limits in Cyberspace

Authors : Norberto Patrignani, Diane Whitehouse

Published in: Slow Tech and ICT

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter reflects on technology and its relationship with time and human limits, including whether there are any limits in cyberspace. ICT is now developing very fast. It is modifying both human beings’ ways of doing things as well as who they are as people. Similarly, how human beings perceive time has also recently been changing rapidly. People are undertaking many more tasks in swift succession and in parallel. People find these changes in behaviour highly demanding. These rapid changes can actually act as an encouragement to think about the very opposite of speed. A set of Slow Tech guidelines can help human beings to live at a pace that is more responsive to, and reflective of, their needs. By following such guidelines, people can learn to design, and handle with care, the incredible forms of power that lie in their hands—this aim is a crucial one if people desire to preserve the planet on which they live.

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Metadata
Title
Speed Limits in Cyberspace
Authors
Norberto Patrignani
Diane Whitehouse
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Slow Tech and ICT

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-68943-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-68944-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68944-9_3

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