{"product_id":"future-shock-1","title":"Future Shock - First Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text-black font-[Libre_Baskerville] text-[18px] font-bold leading-[30.6px] pb-[16px] pt-[32px]\"\u003eFirst Edition Hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition: not price-clipped, no foxing. Incredible condition for its age.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-black font-[Libre_Baskerville] text-[18px] font-bold leading-[30.6px] pb-[16px] pt-[32px]\"\u003e\"In three short decades between now and the twenty-first century, millions of ordinary psychologically normal people will face an abrupt collision with the future\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black mb-[16px]\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black italic mb-10 md:mb-0\"\u003eWritten in collaboration with his spouse Adelaide Farrell, Toffler's Future Shock became an international bestseller upon publication in 1972 and inspired a documentary film of the same name in 1972 with Orson Welles as on-screen narrator.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black italic mb-10 md:mb-0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black italic mb-10 md:mb-0\"\u003eToffler's main argument throughout the text is that the accelerated rate of technological and social change occurring in the emerging \"super-industrial society\" of the late 20th century will leave people disconnected and suffering from \"shattering stress and disorientation\", or future shock. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black italic mb-10 md:mb-0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-[16px] leading-[32px] font-[300] text-black italic mb-10 md:mb-0\"\u003eToffler stated that the majority of social problems are symptoms of future shock. In his discussion of the components of such shock he popularized the term \"information overload.\" This analysis of the phenomenon of information overload is continued in later publications, especially The Third Wave and Powershift.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alvin Toffler, Adelaide Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352450449577,"sku":"9780370013015","price":139.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/027BC5D6-6364-4C42-AFC2-79655969BB5F.jpg?v=1786853408","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/future-shock-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}