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future shock
future shockn. A condition of distress and disorientation brought on by the inability to cope with rapid societal and technological change.
[After the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler (born 1928) .]fu′ture shock`
n. physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with rapid social and technological change. future shock
future shockA sense of shock or anxiety experienced while trying to cope with rapid changes in society or technology. The phrase is attributed to American writer Alvin Toffler. I can't even imagine the future shock our grandparents' generation must feel with the breakneck pace of new technologies now.See also: future, shockfuture shock a state of distress or disorientation due to rapid social or technological change. This phrase was coined by the American writer Alvin Toffler ( 1928–2016 ) in Horizon ( 1965 ), where he defines it as ‘the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future’.See also: future, shockfuture shock
future shock (by analogy with the term CULTURE SHOCK) the shock provided by the ‘perception’ of future possibilities in a world that is changing at an ever-increasing rate and in a way that disrupts people's perspectives and tends to bring confusion. The term was coined by Alvin Toffler (1970).future shock
future shockn. A condition of distress and disorientation brought on by the inability to cope with rapid societal and technological change. |