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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?