Published
October 27, 2006
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Abstract
Heather Menzies is an adjunct professor at Carleton University in the Department of Canadian Studies. One of her previous books, Computers on the Job is one of the texts used in Athabasca University’s course The Sociology of Work.
In her latest book, Fast Forward and Out of Control, Heather Menzies presents an in-depth analysis of the effects of economic and technological changes since the Free Trade Agreement came into effect. She believes that people are no longer mere cogs in the industrial wheels. We have now internalized the logic of computerization to the extent that we ourselves are just connections in that instantaneous flow of information.