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What (who) is future shock - definition
BOOK BY ALVIN TOFFLER
Future shock; Future Shock Level; Shock Level; Futureshock; Alvin Toffler/Future Shock
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future shock
¦ noun a state of distress or disorientation due to rapid social or technological change.
Future Shock
Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell, in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. The shortest definition for the term in the book is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time".
Future Shock (play)
PLAY
Future Shock is a science fiction play by Richard Stockwell. It was first performed in Manchester in 2011, and in Salford in 2012.
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Future Shock
Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell, in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. The shortest definition for the term in the book is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time". The book, which became an international bestseller, has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.
The book grew out of an article "The Future as a Way of Life" in Horizon magazine, Summer 1965 issue.
Examples of use of future shock
1. Little wonder the West is suffering from future shock.
2. Inaugurating an international convention ‘Advertising‘s Future Shock III‘, he said marketing executives and businessmen were always fascinated by the changing nature of the world around them.
3. "Against this background, the outlook for progress with structural reform has worsened, while the risk of a slow or inappropriate policy response to the recent gas price or any future shock has increased," she added.
4. Alvin Toffler, the author of the bestsellers "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave," predicted that special leisure consultants would be needed to help people cope with the extra time on their hands.
5. But the people in Somalia are saying "leave us alone...let us attend to our needs...let us resolve our problems our own way". The comparison is so stark across the two borders, the Ethiopian people who asked for liberty are denied their rights on the ground of "US geo–political interest", and across the border a people who welcome a theocratic regime are also denied their aspiration on the ground of the same "geo–political interest". Here it may be apt to introduce Alvin Toffler, who in his book "Future shock" said "I coined the term future shock to describe the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time...In the most rapidly changing environment to which man has ever been exposed, we remain pitifully ignorant of how the human animal copes." Tofflers remark about individuals applies to communities and nations as well.