future shock

     

Future Shock is a book written by the sociologist an futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970. The book is actually an extension of an article of the same name that Toffler wrote for the February 1970 issue of Nature. The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.

Trivia about future shock

  • Alvin Toffler wrote that when man's capacity for change is overwhelmed, he experiences this "shock"
  • This title of an Alvin Toffler book refers to the anxiety caused by swift technological change
  • Alvin Toffler's prophetic bestseller

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