A mind-quake is a concept by Robert Theobald, which is like flash in head, where some point of views or thoughts will loose their old meaning or understanding and according to this new ones have to be born.
One very good example is the film “Raising Helen” (2004) by Garry Marshall. The film is about Helen Harris, a young woman who has achieved much: she is working in the top model agency and she is having parties and time of her life – this is exactly everything she has been working for. Her two sisters live exactly the opposite life. They are married and raising children and their interests are focused on family.
When Helen’s older sister Lindsay and her husband died in the car accident – it changed everything for Helen. She found out that Lindsay wanted her to raise the children instead of Jenny, like everybody expected. It was a little shock for her, because she was used to live alone and decide and be responsible only for herself.
But Helen still decided to try to raise the children. After some time problems occurred at work, because she couldn’t be in the other side of the world for one day notice, or couldn’t be any more in clubs late at night or running model shows. So, she got fire! She was disappointed - everything she was working for were just flashed away. After some time she gave up and children moved to Jenny’s.
When Helen was home – alone, thinking and analyzing recent events, she realized that children are exactly what she needs. The missing part to be happy! She started to see the bigger picture by analyzing small.
She changed her beliefs – work, clubs and being out late at night wasn’t priority number one anymore. She was now a mother for three children! She changed her point of view in life.
As Charles Handy’s paradox of time says, that while using modern technology less time is needed to make and do things and as there is a saying that “time is money”, then these modern technologies will be definitely used. But while using these technologies people will have less free time.
John is working in marketing business and his main duty is to meet customers and fulfill their needs. While doing this he needs to drive from customer to customer every day and same time he has to be online. So he has a 3G mobile phone where he can read his emails and surf in Internet if needed. Also he has a Bluetooth integrated in the car, so when he is driving he can talk without taking the phone. He also have laptop where are presentations and other important information for customers.
While using these modern technologies he saves a lot of time. But with modern technology comes also bigger demand. And by the will to be competitive, more work need to be done.
One of the network society descriptions by Manuel Castells’ is a ‘timeless time’.
As we live in the Internet-time, one can have business meetings in real time with people who are situated in different coordinates.
Chris and Jevgeni have an international company called ‘Step&Go’. Chris is in
