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Future Shock
- pkdpic 5y agoFrom other thread > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29457930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29457930 Original comment > pjmorris You (we) may be experiencing future shock: "too much change in too short a period of time", from 'Future Shock', Alvin Toffler, 1970. FTWA [0]: >> Alvin Toffler argued that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a "super-industrial society". This change overwhelms people. He argues that the accelerated rate of technological and social change leaves people disconnected and suffering from "shattering stress and disorientation"—future shocked. Toffler stated that the majority of social problems are symptoms of future shock. In his discussion of the components of such shock he popularized the term "information overload." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock