Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. Alvin Toffler More Quotes by Alvin Toffler More Quotes From Alvin Toffler 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. Alvin Toffler betray youth spring I work virtually every waking hour. Alvin Toffler waking hours Never in history has distance meant less. Alvin Toffler distance By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education. Alvin Toffler coaching dimensions powerful Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job. To their standards, not their boss.' So whereas most people divide their lives between time spent earning money and time spent spending it, designers generally lead a seamless existence in which work and play are synonymous. As Milanese designer Richard Sapper put it: "I never work-all the time." Alvin Toffler play jobs people 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. Alvin Toffler together talking science The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution. Alvin Toffler institutions tomorrow struggle Knowledge is promiscuous. It mates and gives birth to more knowledge. Alvin Toffler mates birth giving Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. Alvin Toffler parenthood parenting inspire Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. Alvin Toffler profit sausage knows Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances. Alvin Toffler individual information suffering The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets. Alvin Toffler jam law culture To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before. We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots - religion, nation, community, family, or profession - are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust. It is no longer resources that limit decisions, it is the decision that makes the resources. Alvin Toffler impact anchors roots 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. Alvin Toffler technology together numbers It would be a mistake to assume that the present day educational system is unchanging. On the contrary, it is undergoing rapid change. But much of this change is no more than an attempt to refine the existent machinery, making it ever more efficient in pursuit of obsolete goals. Alvin Toffler educational goal mistake Interruptions: The average worker gets interrupted five times each hour. It takes an average of 5 minutes to handle each interruption and 1 minute to get back to what you were doing. This adds up to 30 minutes each hour or 50% of your time!! Alvin Toffler add average thinking A library is a hospital for the mind.” - Anonymous Alvin Toffler libraries-books-and-reading library mind Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible. Alvin Toffler technology To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. Alvin Toffler textiles business thinking Humanity faces a quantum leap forward. It faces the deepest social upheaval and creative restructuring of all time. Without clearly recognizing it, we are engaged in building a remarkable new civilization from the ground up. This is the meaning of the Third Wave. Alvin Toffler creative humanity civilization
