Alvin Toffler

Biography

Alvin Toffler (October 3, 1928 - p.) American futurist, former editor of Fortune Magazine. In 1996, he and his wife Heidi, who allegedly co-authored his books, founded Toffler Associates, "an executive advisory firm committed to helping commercial firms and government agencies adjust to the changes described in the Tofflers' works." (Wikipedia)

Selected Works

• The Culture Consumers (19??)
• The Schoolhouse in the City (19??)
  
• Future Shock (1970)
• The Eco-Spasm Report (1975)
• The Third Wave (1980)
• Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century (1985)
• War and Anti-War (1995)
• Revolutionary Wealth (2006)
  

Online Materials

Quotes

Whether we examine distances traveled, altitudes reached, minerals mined, or explosive power harnessed, the same accelerative trend is obvious. The pattern, here and in a thousand other statistical series, is absolutely clear and unmistakable. Millennia or centuries go by, and then, in our own times, a sudden bursting of the limits, a fantastic spurt forward. - Future Shock

Older people are even more likely to react strongly against any further acceleration of change. There is a solid mathematical basis for the observation that age often correlates with conservatism: time passes more swiftly for the old. -Future Shock