Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Tofflerwas an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 October 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
change breathing perspective
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it.
sausage profit knows
Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.
change management easier
It is always easier to talk about change than to make it.
errors recognition metaphor
The recognition that no knowledge can be complete, no metaphor entire, is itself humanizing. It counteracts fanaticism. It grants even to adversaries the possibility of partial truth, and to oneself the possibility of error.
parenting inspire parenthood
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
suffering information individual
Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances.
change spiritual future
Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.
technology
Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
sides take-a-chance daring
It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
spring youth betray
Much education springs from some image of the future. If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.
law raspberries culture
The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.
technology numbers together
Each new machine or technique, in a sense, changes all existing machines and techniques, by permitting us to put them together into new combinations. The number of possible combinations rises exponentially as the number of new machines or techniques rises arithmetically. Indeed, each new combination may, itself, be regarded as a new super-machine.
struggle tomorrow crux
The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution.
process producers difficult
The customer will become so integrated into the production process that we will find it more and more difficult to tell just who is actually the consumer and the producer.