WISDOM FROM BOOKS & COMICS
Alvin Toffler in Future Shock
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.
The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn.
Alvin Toffler in Future Shock
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Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.
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.
The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn.
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