Born in Modena in 1964, the author grew up when the world still moved at a human pace. In sixty years he crossed every threshold of the digital age — mainframes, the first software houses, photography, electronics — and watched speed quietly erase the layers that once gave time its thickness.
The Time Before AI is a memoir-manifesto that starts from a small thing: his father's Formica chair, and a world that walked at walking speed. From there comes the question that runs through the whole book — what can be accelerated, and what cannot? Memory, attention, presence, the slow work of becoming someone.
Part chronicle, part confession, written with disarming irony (yes: a book about the time before AI, written with AI), it is an invitation to feel again the weight of the here and now — because the here and now is the result of everywhere-before-now.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Born in Modena in 1964, the author grew up when the world still moved at a human pace. In sixty years he crossed every threshold of the digital age -- mainframes, the first software houses, photography, electronics -- and watched speed quietly erase the layers that once gave time its thickness.The Time Before AI is a memoir-manifesto that starts from a small thing: his father's Formica chair, and a world that walked at walking speed. From there comes the question that runs through the whole book -- what can be accelerated, and what cannot? Memory, attention, presence, the slow work of becoming someone.Part chronicle, part confession, written with disarming irony (yes: a book about the time before AI, written with AI), it is an invitation to feel again the weight of the here and now -- because the here and now is the result of everywhere-before-now. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798184011059
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Born in Modena in 1964, the author grew up when the world still moved at a human pace. In sixty years he crossed every threshold of the digital age -- mainframes, the first software houses, photography, electronics -- and watched speed quietly erase the layers that once gave time its thickness.The Time Before AI is a memoir-manifesto that starts from a small thing: his father's Formica chair, and a world that walked at walking speed. From there comes the question that runs through the whole book -- what can be accelerated, and what cannot? Memory, attention, presence, the slow work of becoming someone.Part chronicle, part confession, written with disarming irony (yes: a book about the time before AI, written with AI), it is an invitation to feel again the weight of the here and now -- because the here and now is the result of everywhere-before-now. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798184011059
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Born in Modena in 1964, the author grew up when the world still moved at a human pace. In sixty years he crossed every threshold of the digital age -- mainframes, the first software houses, photography, electronics -- and watched speed quietly erase the layers that once gave time its thickness.The Time Before AI is a memoir-manifesto that starts from a small thing: his father's Formica chair, and a world that walked at walking speed. From there comes the question that runs through the whole book -- what can be accelerated, and what cannot Memory, attention, presence, the slow work of becoming someone.Part chronicle, part confession, written with disarming irony (yes: a book about the time before AI, written with AI), it is an invitation to feel again the weight of the here and now -- because the here and now is the result of everywhere-before-now. Seller Inventory # 9798184011059