- published: 26 Jun 2016
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Future Shock is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970. In the book, Toffler defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. His shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time". The book, which became an international bestseller, grew out of an article "The Future as a Way of Life" in Horizon magazine, Summer 1965 issue. The book has sold over 6 million copies and has been widely translated.
A documentary film based on the book was released in 1972 with Orson Welles as on-screen narrator.
Toffler argued that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a "super-industrial society". This change overwhelms people. He believed the accelerated rate of technological and social change left people disconnected and suffering from "shattering stress and disorientation"—future shocked. Toffler 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."
'Future Shock' is a documentary film based on the book written in 1970 by sociologist and futurist Alvin Toffler. Released in 1972, with a cigar-chomping Orson Welles as on-screen narrator, this piece of futurism is darkly dystopian and oozing techno-paranoia. Cleaned up and 'HD formatted' version of Zeroheadroom's posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVJrJk3q3MA
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Electro/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Piano Jazz/Jazz Instrument/Instrument Hip Hop Herbie Hancock: Piano, synthesizer, Fairlight CMI, keyboards Bill Laswell: Electric bass D.S.T.: Turntables, "FX" Pete Cosey: Electric guitar Michael Beinhorn: keyboards Daniel Poncé: percussion Sly Dunbar: drums, percussion Dwight Jackson Jr.: Lead vocals on "Future Shock" Lamar Wright: Lead vocals on "Rough" Bernard Fowler, D.S.T., Roger Trilling, Nicky Skopelitis: backing 1-Rockit" 2-Future Shock" (featuring Dwight Jackson, Jr.) (Curtis Mayfield) 3-TFS" 4-Earth Beat" 5-Autodrive" 6-Rough" (featuring Lamar Wright) 7-Rockit (Mega Mix)
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I saw it in a dream the day that changed our history I still can hear the screams swear it was no mystery In the heat of the blast Houses fell down into the ground This happened so fast Mankind disappeared without sound Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear? Future Shock I saw it on the screen The day that changed our lives and history There goes our dream Nuked into the sky don't know why In the heat of the blast Watch the beauty of the mushroom cast It won't take long You won't live till the end of this song
Herbie Hancock - Future Shock From the album of the same name. 1983/Columbia
(lyrics by Harry Conklin)
I see and I know there's something awry
They see and they know with laser eyes
Digital dreams on digital screens
creating life as they glow
Nightmares forming without a warning,
there's no one to patrol
What securities will the future hold
It's getting out of control
I'm in future shock
Overlapping textures of pain
Nightmares race through information veins
Who claims what's wrong, who controls what's right
and who cares anyway
The information highway will take you there
for such a small price to pay
Our lives are on a screen
(Who knows what the other side sees)
Secret lives we all lead
(Who knows what the other side needs)
Secure these lives with a digital lock
(Who hold the other side's keys)
I'm living in future shock
(The other side has me on my knees)
Pulses scanning at the speed of light
Draining our life flow with every megabyte
The beast, all seeing master minds
Rule the Internet
Who knows their means beyond our screens