Alienation and Acceleration

The Acceleration Trap: Alienation in the Modern Age

Modern life is constantly speeding up. While we achieve unprecedented time-saving through new technologies in communication and production, we paradoxically feel like we’re running out of time. Time scarcity is increasing in Western societies, leaving individuals feeling like they must run faster each year, not to advance, but merely to stay in place.

In this book, Hartmut Rosa outlines his theory of social acceleration, an…