Digital time does not flow; it flicks. Like any binary, discrete decision, it is either here or there. In contrast to our experience of the passing of time, digital time is always in the now, or in no time. It is still. Poised.
Bio: Richard Edgar Pipes was a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career.
Known for:
Russia Under the Old Regime (1974)
Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime 1919-1924 (1993)
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution (1995)