"Future Shock" Quotes
"Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler explores the psychological and social consequences of rapid technological and societal change, arguing that the overwhelming pace leads to disorientation and stress in individuals and communities.
nonfiction | 430 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.
The future always arrives too fast and in the wrong order.
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they - at some distant point in the future - will take over the reigns.
You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
