Alvin Toffler, 40 years after the publication of his book, Future Shock
Forty years ago, America was gripped by Future Shock. It was a book, published in July of 1970 — but it was also an idea.
But what about their book’s main prediction — the idea that change is speeding up, and that it threatens to overwhelm us? Alvin Toffler says he sees it happening, and that others do now, too.
“In the past, you made a decision and that was it. Now, you make a decision and you say, ‘What happens next?’ There’s always a next,” he says.
Still, the accelerating change doesn’t seem to be driving people crazy, as was predicted by Future Shock. Alvin Toffler says it may be that younger generations have simply become more adapted to change, that it is their culture.
Crazy people usually don’t acknowledge their insanity… Just sayin’
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