James Gleick explores this theme in his very enjoyable book Faster, as part of a broader look at the accelerating pace of modern life. For the interested, the

James Gleick explores this theme in his very enjoyable book Faster, as part of a broader look at the accelerating pace of modern life. For the interested, the book's website is at http://fasterbook.com/ http://fasterbook.com/ and the chapter about door close buttons is here: http://fasterbook.com/cgi-bin/faster/fchapter.pl?3 http://fasterbook.com/cgi-bin/faster/fchapter.pl?3