Information overload will lead to ‘future shock syndrome’ as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances.
ALVIN TOFFLERThe next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.
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Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life.
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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.
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Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
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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.
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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
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Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.
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Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
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You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
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Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.
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By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education.
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Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change … we are in collision with tomorrow.
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The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday’s success.
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The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.
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Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise – bureaucrats.
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The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.
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