Occupation: Writer Birth: October 4, 1928 Death: June 27, 2016
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together..
A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it..
I work virtually every waking hour..
To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before..
In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again..
Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of….
The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the….
A library is a hospital for the mind.” - Anonymous.
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats..
Rational behavior ... depends upon a ceaseless flow of data from the environment. It depends upon the power of the individual to predict, with at lea….
There are discoverable limits to the amount of change that the human organism can absorb..
Change is non-linear and can go backwards, forwards and sideways.
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition..
Knowledge is promiscuous. It mates and gives birth to more knowledge..
Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out..
Humanity faces a quantum leap forward. It faces the deepest social upheaval and creative restructuring of all time. Without clearly recognizing it, w….
If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. An….
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur..
The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution..
Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls Cos the sweetest melody is the one we hav….
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives..