He has authored many influential works including
Future Shock (1970), The Third Wave (1980), Creating a New Civilization (1990), and War and Anti-War (1995).
On the other hand,
Future Shock did a lot to develop future consciousness among thoughtful people, and so proved an extraordinary boon to the young World Future Society.
Hip-hop's international appeal, in fact, is a main part of the attraction for 15-year-old
Future Shock San Diego dancer and former elite gymnast Ariana Berlin.
While he has published over twelve books, and countless articles and papers, Toffler's philosophy, and most of his key ideas, are encapsulated in three books:
Future Shock (1970), The Third Wave (1980) and Powershift (1990).
Physicians have tended to view telemedicine with a sense of apprehension and
future shock when they should perceive it as a way to return medicine to its traditions, said Dr.
Future Shock looks at the process of change; The Third Wave explores the directions of change; and Powershift examines the control of changes still to come.
Similarly, several men mentioned Alvin Toffler's
Future Shock (Bantam Books, 1991) and The Third Wave (Bantam Books, 1991) and Daniel Yankelovich's New Rules (Bantam Books, 1984) as significant in reexamining their perspective on marriage.
Alvin Toffler (1970) spoke of this coming acceleration in
Future Shock as early as 1970.
Toffler, who with his wife and professional colleague Heidi, was described last month by Time magazine as the "team whose 1970 blockbuster
Future Shock blasted the infant profession (of futurism) into the mainstream and set the standard by which all subsequent wouldbe futurists have been measured" will address the delegates at the opening general session on Sunday, December 8.
Alvin Toffler,
Future Shock (New York, New York: Random House, 1970).
Were our mythical 1970 communicator transported to 1990, some things would still be familiar, and these might give comfort to someone experiencing the
future shock of desktop publishing, men's hair goop and the Bush administration.
Scheduled speakers at this year's show will include iconic author Alvin Toffler, whose book
Future Shock has sold more than six million copies and accurately forecast the disruptive influence on global economics by transformative information and content delivery technologies.
Future Shock is a cyberpunk tour de force thrill ride that aptly provides urban fiction, sci-fi, and mystery.
The researcher revealed that the objective behind doing that was to make the flies learn to avoid the odour that led to a shock, even in the absence of a
future shock.
Race director Simon Dryden believes that if the weather is in her favour, Shockwave has the potential to break the race record of 1 day 23 hours and 14 minutes, set by
Future Shock in 1996.
