My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace. Alvin Toffler on age
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. Alvin Toffler on business
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. Alvin Toffler on change
Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life. Alvin Toffler on change
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Alvin Toffler on change
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. Alvin Toffler on computers
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn. Alvin Toffler on education
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn. Alvin Toffler on future
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. Alvin Toffler on future
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Alvin Toffler on future
You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment. Alvin Toffler on intelligence
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. Alvin Toffler on knowledge
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. Alvin Toffler on parenting
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. Alvin Toffler on power
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. Alvin Toffler on science
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. Alvin Toffler on society
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate. Alvin Toffler on technology
Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible. Alvin Toffler on technology
The great growling engine of change - technology. Alvin Toffler on technology
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. Alvin Toffler on time