Present Shock
summary
Argues that present shock describes a cultural shift from kairos to clock time where smartphones and social media turn attention into a commodity, creating phantom vibration syndrome and perpetual interruption. Traces the problem to 13th‑century central currency and a VC model that demands hypergrowth, citing Twitter’s ~$43 million quarterly loss and $4.6 billion market windfalls as symptoms. Critiques sticky websites designed to extract eyeball hours, shows these tools often freeze capital and destroy circulating value instead of creating sustainable, peer‑to‑peer economies.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00What is Present Shock
- 1:45Digital Technology
- 3:20Human Attention
- 4:07Money is Stuck
- 6:21Great Startups Fail
- 7:48Disruption
- 8:43Digital Culture
