speedof convergence

The Speed of ConvergenceFuture Shock and The Technium

Future Shock (1970)

Alvin Toffler

The psychological state experienced by rapid change.

Disorienting, Stressful

Change is a diseaseManageable, but unpredictable

Future Shock (1970)

“The concept of future shock - and the theory of adaptation that grows from it – strongly suggest that there must be balance, not merely between rates of change in different sectors, but between the pace of environmental change and the limited pace of human response. For future shock grows out of the increasing lag between the two.” – Alvin Toffler

Future Shock in Education

Toffler warns EDU is “dangerously malfunctioning”

Parents EDU = Opportunity for Children

Teachers EDU = Future Success

Gov, Media, et al. Echo Parents & Teachers

Mirror ImageSchools Industry

Students

Teachers

Schools

Administration

Raw Materials

Workers

Factories

Management

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What Technology Wants

1) Technium

2) Volume: The failure of communication

3) Parallel Invention

4) Inverted Pyramid of Invention

5) Malthusian Limits

6) Paths of Technology

How do these concepts relate to the ideas of Toffler and Robinson

regarding education?