Talk: Alvin Toffler - Wikipedia. Presentation. It was very insighful. To do this, just add . I agree, but I don't know where that link would fit in this article as currently written. As for source, I believe Brunner is on record (somewhere) as stating that his novel was directly inspired by Future Shock. I notice the The Shockwave Rider novel article says that and links back here. Cheers. Etbnc 1. 6: 1. April 2. 00. 7 (UTC)September 1. Please provide a source for the claim. CQJ 1. 7: 4. 4, 1. September 2. 00. 6 (UTC)Expertise - Powershift (think. Let). Alvin Toffler's. Powershift argues that the three main kinds of social power are violence, wealth, and knowledge and, further, that these three kinds of power interact. WIZard- Passports 0. October 2. 00. 6 (UTC)Big in China. It was very insightful. Being a bestseller indicates nothing about its validity. Futures studies is an intriguing idea but its ancestral origin, futurology, is a sort of philosophical proposal of a new science, which is always at risk of turning out to be hoaxery/pseudoscience. In his introduction/prologue to the book, Toffler points out many disclaimers that may be a means of allowing him to talk scientifically without being scientific. That is a tactic commonly used, such as in fallacious arguments for intelligent design. He was a popular editor of Forbes or something, but does he have grounds in the scientific community? Some reviewers have questioned Toffler's predictions about the future, noting that retrospective examinations of his work invite varying assessments of the extent to which these predictions have proven accurate. Several critics have also commented that Toffler fails to examine his subjects in a broader global and historical context. While many critics have faulted Toffler for overgeneralization and weak argumentation, most have conceded that his works are thought- provoking and raise important questions about the future. Toffler, Alvin Criticism and Essays, enotes. If not, that may be an interesting addition. Maltiti. 20. 05 1. September 2. 00. 7 (UTC)This article does not seem to be a biography at all. Rather it presents (and, yes, boosts) Tofflers work, theories, ideas, etc. I would like to see a real biography with a short main body about the man's life and works and ideas presented in sections. This article is currently full of boosterism, and sounds like it was written by either the subject himself, or devoted fans. Looks like kind of a rough draft. The Ideas section might benefit from some further organization, too. Etbnc 1. 6: 1. 8, 9 April 2. UTC)There is a fairly well articulated critique of this entire corpus, Dyer- Witherford . Science fiction as an article category? Does WP usually classify work like this as science fiction? Somehow I doubt other writers in the science fiction genre would consider Toffler an SF writer. Etbnc 1. 6: 2. 3, 9 April 2. UTC)No, Toffler definitely is not a SF writer, per se. However, he has been influential on that genre, as have most prominent futurists. As a proponent of broad inclusionism, I say let it stand, unless you intend to create yet another category, such as . Shanoman 1. 7: 0. July 2. 00. 7 (UTC)Self- Congratulatory or Accurate Reflection of Past Stature?? It certainly sounds like a fanboy piece or an ad. I read Future Shock years ago, and it was nothing but vague, popularized, forgettable fluff, the kind of thing that's written to be a best seller. I'm finding it hard to believe that serious people - - economists, scholars, whomever - - could possibly take this lightweight author as seriously as the page makes it sound. The hippies were suddenly middle aged and out. The MBAs were fashionable, and going to rule the world. Alvin Toffler and the Third Wave. Powershift Alvin Toffler / 1991 Price: $6.39. Leer, editor To order, click here.
Many people turned to him to make sense of it all. Not defending his theories, you understand, just saying that yes, the article accurately reflects his fin de siecle stature. Profhum (talk) 1. May 2. 01. 1 (UTC)I am fairly certain that . It even made it onto a Society of Actuaries course from 2. Thankfully, it was dropped last year. Books, Torrent Books, Torrent Stuff - Alvin Toffler - Powershift. Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century - pdfAlbertod. 4 (talk) 2. September 2. 00. 8 (UTC)I personally don't find the . I've found most of the labels of . The wiki concept is being increasingly debased by rather partisanned bickering of who should say what about whom. It's also self revealing. Let the reader decide for him or herself. Profhum (talk) 1. May 2. 01. 1 (UTC)The future is not the past, never was and never will be. Anyone convinced beyond argument that the future is a linear, or other simple, projection from the present will remain unswayed. Likewise, it is unimpressive to anyone convinced that only 2. I honestly don't remember whether I was unswayed or unimpressed when I first read it. I do remember that I dismissed it as buzz- think. Now, I am deeply in the camp of those who expect the long- term future to be different from, yet resonant with, the past. I still don't like it, but I have more respect for it. Like swinging a pencil at a breeze, you may hit some but you will miss most. Unlike that example, the ones that are hit will have, after the fact, perfectly obvious explanations, so that hitting any proves nothing. Everything in the book other than the generalizations, the fluff, actually contradicts Toffler's premise. On the other hand, without some examples of what might be, it is difficult to convey the concept that the future won't be a carbon copy of, or a linear extrapolation from, or have some other pre- manageable relationship to, the past. But the reader has to be exactly at the state of crisis to be helped, or harmed depending on your viewpoint, by that understanding. Kdlneal (talk) 2. September 2. 00. 8 (UTC)Criticisms of specific books or futures studies methodology. Just two off the top of my head: David Suzuki and um.. Ray Kurzweil? Oh, also, could there be a discussion/linkage to the Fourth Wave (even third) to Francis Fukuyama's work on the end of History? Quote on 2. 1st century illiteracy misattributed. See: http: //deangroom. Please take a moment to review my edit. Alternatively, you can add . I made the following changes: When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at . If you find any errors, please use the tools below to fix them or call an editor by setting . Please include details about your problem, to help other editors. Cheers. Like the fact that the politics of the United States are formed by spin doctors from Poland and other Eastern European countries, or their children. When did these weird things start? Since Ronald Reagan held Milton Friedman's book in his hand? It is done using the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks''. This raises the question: if Toffler's parents were Polish Jews, how about his grandparents? Part of the explanation for the Knopfler lines, especially with . This album carries information about September 1. The song Sailing to Philadelphia has a line with . This refers to Bush and Baker families and continues . Baker was a leading figures of George H. Bush administration and the Gulf War. The lines seem to refer to two George Bush administrations, H. The information about James Baker IV tells that his daughter drowned. This leads to the other song in this Mark Knopfler album, Silvertown Blues. This song, Silvertown Blues, has lines . Since the first of these lines joins words . Now the Naomi Klein book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism deals with New Orleans flood 2. This seems to reflected in the Mark Knopfler's song Bluebird which was released after Klein's book. Thus the song Silvertown Blues carries information about an event five years before it happened. Simon has actually written articles about reversing the causality using expectations about future as the cause of current behavior. There is also an interesting connection to Armen Alchian. The time socialization of Toffler(s) writings is based on the needs of the capitalism they write of. So this connection Mark Knopler has made is a strong one. Notice that the song Silvertown Blues refers to the WTC complex and it's ownership, Silverstein Properties. The song Bluebird where this link to Toffler(s) is made has also a connection to Iran since there is information that Hay is a place there. The ''Sailing to Philadelpia'' album cover is a picture of an airplane mixed with zeppelin, and this mixing refers to the Hindenburg disaster. The book . If Karen was Tofflers' only child, who is Betty? Either find reliable sources to support statements or leave them off. Jonathunder (talk) 2. September 2. 01. 6 (UTC)External links modified. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple Fa. Q for additional information. I made the following changes: When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at . If you find any errors, please use the tools below to fix them or call an editor by setting . Please include details about your problem, to help other editors.
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