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I remember reading "Future Shock" back in the day. I got maybe 1/3 of the way through it before putting it down. The thesis of the book is that the societal r
by MikeTheGreat 6y ago
I remember reading "Future Shock" back in the day. I got maybe 1/3 of the way through it before putting it down.
The thesis of the book is that the societal rate of change is increasing, first chunk of the book has example of example of how stuff changes faster now a days. The author specifically used paper clothes as an example (now you can throw them away and get new ones easily and cheaply, thus allowing fashion and trends to change even more rapidly!).
I remember thinking that a good chunk (maybe 50%) of the examples in the book were outdated by the time I was reading it (e.g., paper clothes aren't a thing anymore). It felt like the argument of the book was undercut by the fact that most the examples were no longer valid and we'd mostly gone back to whatever we'd been doing before (e.g., we all still wear non-disposable clothing)