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
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.Alvin Toffler
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.Alvin Toffler
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.Alvin Toffler
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
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
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
You've got to think about "big things" while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.Alvin Toffler
