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  1. The acceleration of history carries consequences of its own, independent of the actual directions of change. The simple speed-up of events and reaction times produces its own effects, whether the changes are perceived as good or bad.
    -- Alvin Toffler

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlvinToffler #Change #Consequences

    #Photography #Panorama #BWCA #Canoe #Minnesota

  2. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
    -- Alvin Toffler

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlvinToffler #Literacy

    #Photography #Panorama #GoblinValley #Utah

  3. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
    -- Alvin Toffler

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlvinToffler #Literacy

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida

  4. The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
    -- Alvin Toffler

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlvinToffler #Literacy

    #Photography #Panorama #LavaFlow #Galapagos #Geology

  5. Perplexing that what used to be the, thee most common fifty-cent thrift store book (maybe after Gary Allen's paranoid tract "None Dare Call it Conspiracy") now goes for $10 on eBay when you factor in shipping. Always loved the typface and always meant to crack it. #1970s #AlvinToffler #Books #BookStadon #FutureShock

  6. #TIL that #AlvinToffler, famous for being the author of Future Shock, and later as a technology inspiration to Newt Gingrich, died the same year the Orange Menace became US President. Neatly bookending the end of the futurist era, and its replacement with an age of pathological nostalgia.

  7. > Since 1945 we have known that nuclear technology could generate cheap energy for the benefit of humans—but could also physically destroy human civilisation.

    The article seems stupid, but part of it motivated me to see if Amitav Ghosh wrote about AI(Salami)
    > We have always appreciated the power of stories...

    #YuvalNoahHarari is like a recent #AlvinToffler stringing together cliches that seem smart?
    #NuclearTechnoloty #Nukes #NuclearWeapons #NuclearEnergy #AISalami #Salami

  8. “The #illiterate of the 21st Century are not those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and #relearn.”

    #AlvinToffler, Powershift: #Knowledge, #Wealth, and #Power at the Edge of the 21st Century

    #quotes #quoteoftheday #literacy

  9. #7books that made a difference to me in no particular order.

    Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by #DouglasAdams
    Future Shock by #AlvinToffler
    Understanding Media by #MarshallMcLuhan
    Understanding Comics by #ScottMcCloud
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by #LewisCarroll
    The World Book Encyclopedia (some early 1970s edition) by various
    Webcomics by #SeanKleefeld (for obviously very different reasons than anything else!)

  10. #AlvinToffler (3 de octubre de 1928 - 27 de junio de 2016)