The book Future Shock describes the death of stability and how the world is moving toward greater heterogeneity. Alvin Toffler’s shortest definition of ”future shock” is a personal observation: ”too much change in too short a period of time.”
Alvin Toffler argued that society is undergoing a profound structural transformation—a revolution from an industrial society to a ”super-industrial society.” This transition overwhelms people. He believed that the accelerating pace of technological and social change leaves people disconnected, causing them to suffer from ”shattering stress and disorientation”—that is, to become future-shocked.
Alvin Toffler maintained that the majority of social problems are symptoms of ”future shock.” In his discussion of the components of such a condition, he also popularized the term ”information overload.”
