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Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.
The great growling engine of change – technology.
Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition.
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.
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.