REACTION TO FUTURE SHOCK
Future Shock of Alvin Toffler proves that
change is constant. Even though the book has been published a long time ago, it
is still interesting and very relevant to today's world of rapid technological
change. I was being amazed on the idea of how the book still pertains today. This
shows how intelligent Toffler was. He is indeed a very great futurist.
I was impressed by Toffler's high opinion and
to the uniqueness of his ‘vision’ for the future and I owe him for this. The
fact that modern man feels shock from rapid change was already expected. People
and the society should be prepared in all aspect. Without some kind of
preparation and control, society will not be able to deal with the future and
people will suffer from future shock. On the other hand Toffler's point is that the tactics of the
past will not be successful in the future.
If future shock is to be avoided,
society must control and must make plans for the future and the changes it will
bring. Individual should face and learn to cope with social and technological
change. Nowadays,
changes are everywhere and can be seen anywhere from buildings being
constructed, houses, various forms of technological advancement and a lot more
areas that we could simply say that have change. I think that having changes in
our world could fold into to two aspects: the positive side and the negative
side.
Future Shock
is one amazing ride from history to future! People have to read this book of course to get a glimpse of
future and to read about "CHANGE". But one thing is for sure people
will be having moral decay if they don’t know to handle things in a proper way
and right manner. Are you shocked or surprised by the fact that the future is
here/near/coming and bringing inpending destruction? If yes, you may suffer
from future shock. Well, everyone should be open-minded and innovative.
As what
Toffler said “Change is not merely necessary to life-it is life. In order to
adapt easily to all those things you should have more knowledge about it. For
knowledge is the most democratic source of power.