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  2. Future Shock - Wikipedia

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    Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, [1] written together with his wife Adelaide Farrell, [2] [3] in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, and a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time".

  3. Alvin Toffler - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, his first major book about the future, Future Shock, became a worldwide best-seller and has sold over 6 million copies. He and his wife Heidi Toffler (1929–2019), who collaborated with him for most of his writings, moved on to examining the reaction to changes in society with another best-selling book, The Third Wave , in 1980.

  4. The Third Wave (Toffler book) - Wikipedia

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    The Third Wave is a 1980 book by Alvin Toffler.It is the sequel to Future Shock (1970), and the second in what was originally likely meant to be a trilogy that was continued with Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century in 1990.

  5. Overchoice - Wikipedia

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    — From Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, 1971 Overchoice or choice overload [ 1 ] is the paradoxical phenomenon that choosing between a large variety of options can be detrimental to decision making processes.

  6. Anticipatory democracy - Wikipedia

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    Anticipatory democracy is a theory of civics relying on democratic decision making that takes into account predictions of future events that have some credibility with the electorate. The phrase was coined by Alvin Toffler in his book Future Shock [1] and was expanded on in the 1978 book Anticipatory Democracy, edited by Clement Bezold.

  7. Powershift (book) - Wikipedia

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    Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century is the third book in a trilogy written by the futurist Alvin Toffler, following Future Shock (1970) and The Third Wave (1980). The hardcover first edition was published October 1, 1990.

  8. Future Shock (film) - Wikipedia

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    Future Shock is a 1972 American short documentary film directed by Alex Grasshoff and narrated by Orson Welles. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but it wasn't entered into the main competition. [1] It is based on the 1970 book of the same name by Alvin Toffler.

  9. Futures studies - Wikipedia

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    Alvin & Heidi Toffler's bestseller Future Shock in 1970 generated mainstream attention for futures studies on the post-industrial economy. It popularized the metaphor of waves to describe the economic and social changes the United States was experiencing.