{"product_id":"future-shock-9780593159477","title":"Future Shock","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alvin Toffler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Future Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The classic work that predicted the anxieties of a world upended by rapidly emerging technologies--and now provides a road map to solving many of our most pressing crises. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003eis the classic that changed our view of tomorrow. Its startling insights into accelerating change led a president to ask his advisers for a special report, inspired composers to write symphonies and rock music, gave a powerful new concept to social science, and added a phrase to our language. Published in over fifty countries, \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003eis the most important study of change and adaptation in our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn many ways, \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003eis about the present. It is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations--even our patterns of friendship and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003ealso illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless clichés about today. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization: the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships--all of them temporary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003ewill intrigue, provoke, frighten, encourage, and, above all, \u003ci\u003echange \u003c\/i\u003eeveryone who reads it.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355389419671,"sku":"9780593159477","price":1345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593159477.webp?v=1767670775","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/future-shock-9780593159477","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}