Quotes from book
Future Shock

Name: Future Shock
Author: Alvin Toffler

Alvin Toffler

Future Shock is a 1970 book by the futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler, in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. Their shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time". The book, which became an international bestseller, grew out of an article "The Future as a Way of Life" in Horizon magazine, Summer 1965 issue. The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.

“Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.”

Alvin Toffler book Future Shock

Future Shock (1970), Introduction

“Man remains in the end what he started as in the beginning: a biosystem with a limited capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the consequence is future shock.”

Alvin Toffler book Future Shock

Future Shock (1970), ch. 15

“If industrialism, with its faster pace of life, has accelerated the family cycle, super-industrialism now threatens to smash it altogether.”

Alvin Toffler book Future Shock

Future Shock (1970), ch. 11 http://books.google.com/books?id=p1t2SOENHWYC&q=%22with+its+faster+pace+of+life+has+accelerated+the+family+cycle+super+industrialism+now+threatens+to+smash+it+altogether%22&pg=PA258#v=snippet