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The Nineties: A Book
The internet was small, slow, and limited. Even at the height of the dot-com frenzy, it’s important to realize that only 7% of the world had internet access. And those who did had to endure dialup connections with dreadful connection speeds.
Chris Rempel • PART 1: THE INTERNET IS HAVING A KODAK MOMENT
the 139-year gap between the publication of Anna Karenina and today is much vaster than the 139-year gap between 1877 and 1738. This acceleration is real, and it will be harder and harder for future generations to relate to “old” books in the way they were originally intended.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
For him, the 1990s opened onto a hyper-industrial era, not a post-industrial one, in which a logic of mass production was suddenly aligned with techniques that, in unprecedented ways, combine fabrication, distribution, and subjectivation on a planetary scale.
Jonathan Crary • 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
the original question remains: What does this steadily throbbing shimmer hold for us? How is it revising our ideas about the larger human project? What continuities remain, and how do we contend—collectively and individually—with all the breaks and rifts, all the spots where traditions can no longer carry us over?