May 2009
9 posts
One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute certainty.
– Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser
Future Shock →
This is an absolute gem and an almost forgotten one - a documentary version of Alvin Toffler’s classic 70s book, Future Shock presented by Orson Welles.
The premise of Future Shock was that the pace of human progress had achieved a level which would create a pathological reaction, a metaphorical motion sickness caused by the fact that nothing seemed permanent.
Unlike most past views of...