Future Shock

‘Truth be told, some of Toffler’s predictions have come to pass some 30 years later – his ‘precooked, prepackaged, plastic wrapped instant society’ is fairly dead-on  . . .  A small segment involving gay marriage also seems very prescient considering current events.’ –Odd Culture

Alvin Toffler’s 1970 novel (above) was an interesting take on the future. Too much technology, too much information, too fast.

Toffler coined the term: Information overload.

In 1972 on a not-so-career-high, Orson Welles narrated a made-for-teevee-wayy-too-serious-tho-unintentionally-goofy Future Shock documentary. Watch it here:


Future Shock, part one of five


Future Shock, part two of five


Future Shock, part three of five


Future Shock, part four of five


Future Shock, part five of five

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