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Alvin Toffler


Born
in New York City, The United States
October 04, 1928

Died
June 27, 2016

Genre
Business & Investing


Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists.
Toffler was an associate editor of Fortune magazine. In his early works he focused on technology and its impact, which he termed "information overload". In 1970, his first major book about the future, Future Shock, became a worldwide best-seller and has sold over 6 million copies.
He and his wife Heidi Toffler (1929–2019), who collaborated with him for most of his writings, moved on to examining the reaction to changes in society with another ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 10,941 ratings · 828 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors
Future Shock
3.82 avg rating — 5,232 ratings — published 1970 — 123 editions
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Third Wave
3.96 avg rating — 2,929 ratings — published 1980
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Powershift: Knowledge, Weal...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1990 — 57 editions
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Revolutionary Wealth: How I...
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War and Anti-War: Making Se...
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3.71 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1983 — 21 editions
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Creating a New Civilization...
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Previews and Premises
3.54 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1983 — 24 editions
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The Eco-Spasm Report
3.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions
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The Futurists.
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Adaptive Corporation
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
― Alvin Toffler
tags: futuristic
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“If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy. ”
― Alvin Toffler
tags: wisdom-unsourced
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“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”
― Alvin Toffler
tags: inspirational, strategy
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