Alvin Toffler quotes - page 2

...the sudden rise of a religious movement in the West that restricts the eating of beef and thereby saves billions of tons of grain and provides a nourishing diet for the world as a whole. (Alvin Toffler)
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. View quote
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One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. View quote
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Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. View quote
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It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. View quote
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The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets. View quote
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The great growling engine of change - technology. View quote
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To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke. View quote
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The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46. View quote
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My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age, in which you are an appendage of a machine that sets the pace. View quote
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” - Chinese proverb. (Alvin Toffler)
One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will be able to make biological carbon copies of himself. View quote
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Alvin Toffler

Alvin Toffler - Image
Photo: Vern Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Writer
Born: October 4, 1928
Died: June 27, 2016
Quotes count: 37
Wikipedia: Alvin Toffler

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