One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. Alvin Toffler More Quotes by Alvin Toffler More Quotes From Alvin Toffler By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism. Alvin Toffler criticism challenges civilization Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life. Alvin Toffler appreciate civilization country Ultimately, overcoming personal censorship is about gaining independence--independence from ignorance!~ Adesiji Rabiu Alvin Toffler You might have developed capacities to lead yourself effectively, and developed the competencies in adapting to change and making effective decisions, but leading and influencing others can be a totally different experience.…the led reserves the right of followership! …the decision to follow you or not is theirs!~Adesiji Rabiu Alvin Toffler People of the future may suffer not from an absence of choice but from a paralysing surfeit of it. They may turn out to be victims of that peculiarly super-industrial dilemma: overchoice. Alvin Toffler turn choice future people Nobody knows the future with certainty. We can, however, identify ongoing patterns of change. Alvin Toffler nobody future patterns change No serious futurist deals in prediction. These are left for television oracles and newspaper astrologers. Alvin Toffler newspaper left serious television We futurists have a magic button. We follow every statement about a failed forecast with 'yet.' Alvin Toffler failed follow about magic One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will be able to make biological carbon copies of himself. Alvin Toffler possibilities more will man