The author of the book “Future Shock” passed away recently. This New York Times article reminds us how 40 years later human beings are increasingly disoriented and lack competence to deal with ever changing new technology environments.
More than 40 years ago, Alvin Toffler, a writer who had fashioned himself into one of the first futurists, warned that the accelerating pace of technological change would soon make us all sick. He called the sickness “future shock,” which he described in his totemic book of the same name, published in 1970.