No time to think: Reflections on information technology and contemplative scholarship

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-249

  Levy, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Contemplation; Information overload; Joseph Pieper; Leisure; Pnformation technology; Vannevar Bush

Indexed keywords

CONTEMPLATION; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; JOSEPH PIEPER; LEISURE; VANNEVAR BUSH;

ACCELERATION; DIGITAL DEVICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 39549121266     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-007-9142-6     Document Type: Article

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