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The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today's dramatic changes in business and economics. It explains the role of cults, the new definitions of work, play, love, and success. It points toward new forms of twenty-first-century democracy. Examines Various Aspects Of Modern Life And Analyzes Changes That Are Occurring In Such Areas As The Economy, Politics, Sexual Attitudes, Family Life, And Technology, And Discusses The Effect Of These Changes Upon Individuals And Nations. A Collision Of Waves -- Super-struggle -- The Second Wave -- The Architecture Of Civilization -- The Invisible Wedge -- Breaking The Code -- The Technicians Of Power -- The Hidden Blueprint -- A Frenzy Of Nations -- The Imperial Drive -- Indust-reality -- Coda: The Flash Flood -- The Third Wave -- The New Synthesis -- The Commanding Heights -- De-massifying The Media -- The Intelligent Environment -- Beyond Mass Production -- The Electronic Cottage -- Families Of The Future -- The Corporate Identity Crisis -- Decoding The New Rules -- The Rise Of The Prosumer -- The Mental Maelstrom -- The Crack-up Of The Nation -- Gandhi With Satellites -- Coda: The Great Confluence -- Conclusion -- The New Psycho-sphere -- The Personality Of The Future -- The Political Mausoleum -- Twenty-first Century Democracy. By Alvin Toffler. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 499-529. We are viewing the impact of the third tidal wave of change in history (the first: the agricultural revolution); (the second: the industrial revolution). The third: power elites in power & social A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.