Just curious...
(I might raise a topic in D&ST about it, if enough people have)
(I might raise a topic in D&ST about it, if enough people have)
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I never even heard about it.
What is it about?
What is it about?
It's about 'futureshock'.derstralle wrote:
I never even heard about it.
What is it about?
Nope, it was on a reading list a few years back but I picked other ones that didn't sound as crappy. Curretnly reading QB VII by Leon Uris though
Read it.DesertFox- wrote:
Nope, it was on a reading list a few years back but I picked other ones that didn't sound as crappy. Curretnly reading QB VII by Leon Uris though
It's mind blowing.
It's totally changed the way I view the world.
(and, am I really the only person here to have read this book? (no wonder the world is in the mess it's in))
Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2007-06-28 19:39:19)
Why don't you explain it to us, or at least provide a link to it on amazon.com with excerpts and reviews.
Edit: Because you know I don't give a shit otherwise
Edit: Because you know I don't give a shit otherwise
Last edited by Im_Dooomed (2007-06-28 19:45:00)
Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.
Do you want me to read it to you too?
God... Some people...
OK...
God... Some people...
OK...
Buy it from Amazon, here or here (if you're in the UK)wikipedia wrote:
Future Shock is a book written by the sociologist and 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 Playboy. The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.
Future shock is also a term for a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, introduced by Toffler in his book of the same name. Toffler's shortest definition of future shock is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time". The concept of future shock bears resemblance to the late 20th/early 21st century concept of "the technological singularity", and may have been influenced by Kuhn's concept of a technological paradigm shift.
A documentary film based on the novel was released in 1972 with Orson Welles as on-screen narrator.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler/Future_Shock)
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