Abstract:Insightful sociological analyses of current society have identified acceleration as its defining feature. A competitiveness ideal, and a constant aspiration to exceed the promise of a better future with the help of technological progress, have led to a broad exploitation of vague but powerful expectations The result is often mere window-dressing, but progress has also become an identity marker for a class of politicians and business leaders who look for roles for themselves to play in the fulfillment of promis… Show more
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