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Future Shock
by Alvin Toffler
Future Shock by American futurist Alvin Toffler defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. It’s too much change in too short a period of time.
“Future shock is a time phenomenon, a product of the greatly accelerated rate of change in society.”
Toffler argues society is going from an industrial society to a super-industrial society. A convergence of science, capital and communications was producing such swift change that it was creating an entirely new kind of society. This exponential growth of modern technologies with subsequent cultural impacts worldwide.
This accelerated rate of technological and social change leaves people disconnected and suffering from ‘future shock’. He also popularized the term ‘information overload’.
His predictions about the consequences to culture, the family, government and the economy were remarkably accurate. He foresaw the development of cloning, the popularity and influence of personal computers and the invention of the internet, cable television and telecommuting.
Here are some of Toffler’s quotes that stuck with me:
“Every person carries within his head a mental model of the world—a subjective representation of external reality.”
“We need to train thousands of young people in the perspectives and techniques of scientific futurism, inviting them to share in the exciting venture of mapping probable futures.”
And, of course, his most famous quote:
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
“Future shock is a time phenomenon, a product of the greatly accelerated rate of change in society.”
Toffler argues society is going from an industrial society to a super-industrial society. A convergence of science, capital and communications was producing such swift change that it was creating an entirely new kind of society. This exponential growth of modern technologies with subsequent cultural impacts worldwide.
This accelerated rate of technological and social change leaves people disconnected and suffering from ‘future shock’. He also popularized the term ‘information overload’.
His predictions about the consequences to culture, the family, government and the economy were remarkably accurate. He foresaw the development of cloning, the popularity and influence of personal computers and the invention of the internet, cable television and telecommuting.
Here are some of Toffler’s quotes that stuck with me:
“Every person carries within his head a mental model of the world—a subjective representation of external reality.”
“We need to train thousands of young people in the perspectives and techniques of scientific futurism, inviting them to share in the exciting venture of mapping probable futures.”
And, of course, his most famous quote:
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”