Future Shock

This book was first published in 1970 and was a call to take heed of the looming "Future Shock" or backlash of humanities biggest, unresolved dilemmas such as: the widening disparity between rich and poor, ie, the wealth of the world being monopolized by smaller and smaller percentage of the world human population, while the growing number of poor or outright poverty stricken are growing by leaps and bounds; burgeoning human population pressures with it's ever-increasing demands on limited resources; pollution of the food chains; technology with it's blessings and baggage of intrusive, dehumanizing side-effects; world health crisis, etc.While humanity is currently preferring to live in a state of denial about the impending backlash of the mostly human-caused problems facing our present and immediate future, there is a growing accumulation of data never historically available to us before on how to deal with our problems. Will we put this knowledge to use in time? NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic work that predicted the anxieties of a world upended by rapidly emerging technologies—and now provides a road map to solving many of our most pressing crises. “Explosive... brilliantly formulated.” —The Wall Street Journal Future Shock is the classic that changed our view of tomorrow. Its startling insights into accelerating change led a president to ask his advisers for a special report, inspired composers to write symphonies and rock music, gave a powerful new concept to social science, and added a phrase to our language. Published in over fifty countries, Future Shock is the most important study of change and adaptation in our time. In many ways, Future Shock is about the present. It is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations—even our patterns of friendship and love. But Future Shock also illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization: the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships—all of them temporary. Future Shock will intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, change everyone who reads it. SUMMARY: Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society. Science Fiction/Fantasy,History,General,Sociology,Future Studies,Customs & Traditions,Sociology,Social Studies,Regression (Civilization),Civilization,Civilization,Modern,Social history,International,1950-,Science: General & Reference,Social Science,1945,Social history - 1945-,Impact of science & technology on society,Modern - 1950,Economics,Social change,1950,Social Studies,Business & Economics,Civilization,Modern - 1950,1945-,Modern,Social history - 1945 In the three short decades between now and the twenty-first century, millions of ordinary, psychologically normal people will face an abrupt collision with the future. A book about what happens to people when they are overwhelmed by change. It is about the ways in which we adapt--or fail to adapt--to the future Describes some of the problems our technology has created for society and suggests some strategies for coping in the future.

Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society.