Alan Toffler and his wife Heidi were sociologists in the 1960s. They predicted the “Third Wave” and “Future Shock”
The Third Wave posited that the coming Digital Revolution would change the world as much as the switch from hunting to farming, and the jump from farming to the Industrial Era. “Future Shock” was the term they came up with to describe the social upheaval that comes when people are unwilling/unable to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Science fiction novelist John Brunner won the 1969 Hugo award for Best Novel. “Stand On Zanzibar” is set in the early 21st Century. Brunner predicted everything from legalized pot to video games to personalized advertising to mass shooters…
Three people who got everything right.
Alan Toffler and his wife Heidi were sociologists in the 1960s. They predicted the “Third Wave” and “Future Shock”
The Third Wave posited that the coming Digital Revolution would change the world as much as the switch from hunting to farming, and the jump from farming to the Industrial Era. “Future Shock” was the term they came up with to describe the social upheaval that comes when people are unwilling/unable to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Science fiction novelist John Brunner won the 1969 Hugo award for Best Novel. “Stand On Zanzibar” is set in the early 21st Century. Brunner predicted everything from legalized pot to video games to personalized advertising to mass shooters…