Future Shock [Paperback]

The best study of our times that I know. . . . Of all the books that I have read in the last 20 years, it is by far the one that has taught me the most. —Le Figaro

Future Shockis about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love.

Future Shockvividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow’s family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, life-styles, and human relationships—all of them temporary.
 
Future Shockilluminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today.
 
Future Shockwill intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all,changeeveryone who reads it.
 
Praise forFuture Shock
 
“Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort.”—Manchester Guardian
 
“Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant.”—The Christian Science Monitor
 
“Immensely readable.”—Newsweek
 
“Alvin Toffler has sent something of a shock-wave through Western society.”—London Daily Express
 
“To the elite . . . who often get committed to age-old institutions or material goals alone, let Toffler’sFuture Shockbe a lesson and a warning.”—The Times of India“Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.”—The Wall Street Journal
 
“A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort.”—Manchester Guardian