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Summary: Tired Trilogy
Review: ....by the Tofflers' Wave theory, which makes a lot of sense of very disparate historical and contemporary movements. The Tofflers have a fine intuitive grasp of the psychohistorical dynamics that inform many different realms: economic, political, military...well worth reading, though a bit rah-rah in places (I don't quite share their optimism that the Third Wave will make everything better...but then I'm a counselor who has seen a lot).
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Summary: history made simple....
Review: ....by the Tofflers' Wave theory, which makes a lot of sense of very disparate historical and contemporary movements. The Tofflers have a fine intuitive grasp of the psychohistorical dynamics that inform many different realms: economic, political, military...well worth reading, though a bit rah-rah in places (I don't quite share their optimism that the Third Wave will make everything better...but then I'm a counselor who has seen a lot).
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Summary: To change our minds read this book
Review: Change is inevitable and we see how fast things have been changing. Alvin Toffler's book is in fact a very good reference for developing countries. The book briefly tells what to do in order to keep up with 'information producing countries'.
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Summary: To change our minds read this book
Review: Change is inevitable and we see how fast things have been changing. Alvin Toffler's book is in fact a very good reference for developing countries. The book briefly tells what to do in order to keep up with 'information producing countries'.
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Summary: Holding Up After 20 Years
Review: Even though this book was written in '80, a large amount of it still stands up. An important work for us as a society to think about family, work, government and socialization in new ways as we approach the next wave of societal evolution.
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Summary: A Broad Vision of the Potential for Individualization
Review: I decided to reread this book after 20 years to see how accurately it represented the experiences of the past 20 years. How nice a surprise I received when I found that the broad themes were beautifully portrayed against the background of the prior agricultural and industrial economies. This long term perspective made the articulation of the future vision clearer.Particularly impressive in retrospect is the description of a forecast for mass customized products. The customer "will become so integrated into the production process that we find it . . . difficult to tell . . . who is the producer." One might be reading about someone ordering a computer on the Dell Web site. Almost equally impressive is the appreciation of how electronic connections will establish horizontal connections. "Even a partial shift towards the electronic office will be enough to trigger an eruption of social, psychological, and economic consequences." "It promises to restructure all human relationships and roles in the office as well." Key insights related to: (1) Companies needing to take on full responsibility for the consequences of their actions on society and the environment; (2) Companies becoming much more important social institutions of change; (3) Information moving to the center of major decisions; (4) Government spreading its influence so that business and politics become inextricably entwined; and (5) Institutional ethics coming to more closely reflect social ethics. In fact, this is the first book I have located that sees the business organization as the critical institution in making ecological, moral, political, racial, sexual and social change, as well as the usual transactional ones. The fundamental vision of humanity as seeking a more appropriate civilization that is built around individual choice in coordinating social interests is a remarkably accurate description of the evolution of the free market democracies over the last 20 years. Realizing how hard it is to forecast anything, one comes away with a remarkable appreciation for Alvin Toffler's fundamental estimation of human potential. He took that understanding, tied technology to it, and found the answer quite well. After enjoying this remarkable book (for the first time or) again, I encourage you to consider how these same human characteristics will take us forward in the future. How can you facilitate this felicitous development? Make your actions and those you cooperate in serve everyone's best interests!
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Summary: A Broad Vision of the Potential for Individualization
Review: I decided to reread this book after 20 years to see how accurately it represented the experiences of the past 20 years. How nice a surprise I received when I found that the broad themes were beautifully portrayed against the background of the prior agricultural and industrial economies. This long term perspective made the articulation of the future vision clearer. Particularly impressive in retrospect is the description of a forecast for mass customized products. The customer "will become so integrated into the production process that we find it . . . difficult to tell . . . who is the producer." One might be reading about someone ordering a computer on the Dell Web site. Almost equally impressive is the appreciation of how electronic connections will establish horizontal connections. "Even a partial shift towards the electronic office will be enough to trigger an eruption of social, psychological, and economic consequences." "It promises to restructure all human relationships and roles in the office as well." Key insights related to: (1) Companies needing to take on full responsibility for the consequences of their actions on society and the environment; (2) Companies becoming much more important social institutions of change; (3) Information moving to the center of major decisions; (4) Government spreading its influence so that business and politics become inextricably entwined; and (5) Institutional ethics coming to more closely reflect social ethics. In fact, this is the first book I have located that sees the business organization as the critical institution in making ecological, moral, political, racial, sexual and social change, as well as the usual transactional ones. The fundamental vision of humanity as seeking a more appropriate civilization that is built around individual choice in coordinating social interests is a remarkably accurate description of the evolution of the free market democracies over the last 20 years. Realizing how hard it is to forecast anything, one comes away with a remarkable appreciation for Alvin Toffler's fundamental estimation of human potential. He took that understanding, tied technology to it, and found the answer quite well. After enjoying this remarkable book (for the first time or) again, I encourage you to consider how these same human characteristics will take us forward in the future. How can you facilitate this felicitous development? Make your actions and those you cooperate in serve everyone's best interests!
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant
Review: I was recommended this book by a collegue. This is a very influencial book in terms of 'future thinking'. I'm told that one should read Future Shock first, but I started w/ Third Wave and managed along just fine. As was stated by another reviewer, it shouldn't be a must-read b/c it requires vast patience at times to get through tome of information he writes about the first two "waves", but it is worth-while checking out if you're interested in seeing how someone in 1980 could have accurately predicted many events in the past 20 years. Being 22, this book did open my eyes quite a bit though, and I've bought several copies to give to friends b/c it was pretty influencial to me.
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant
Review: I was recommended this book by a collegue. This is a very influencial book in terms of 'future thinking'. I'm told that one should read Future Shock first, but I started w/ Third Wave and managed along just fine. As was stated by another reviewer, it shouldn't be a must-read b/c it requires vast patience at times to get through tome of information he writes about the first two "waves", but it is worth-while checking out if you're interested in seeing how someone in 1980 could have accurately predicted many events in the past 20 years. Being 22, this book did open my eyes quite a bit though, and I've bought several copies to give to friends b/c it was pretty influencial to me.
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Summary: It is a very path to the new world
Review: I was so lucky to have a chnance to read this book. It gave me new ideas about the future world in terms of social, economic,and cultural aspects, as well as the possible pattern of family life in the near future. Even though we are Asian people, we feel that we will not be able to resist this coming new third wave, which originated from the West.
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