Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time. Alvin Toffler changedisorientationfuture Change image and share on social
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce affairassurefriend Change image and share on social
Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort. Jamais Cascio effortfortunatelyfuture Change image and share on social
Futurism eventually got marred by its link to Fascism, but early on, it was totally avant-garde, and I wanted to dream a phantom link from the early futurists to the politically radical Italy of the 1970s, a time of fun, play, subversion - if also violence and mayhem. Rachel Kushner 1970savantdream share on social
Futurism is almost like a vaccination. You inject a little bit of a denatured pathogen to prepare your body in case you encounter it for real. Jamais Cascio bitebodycase Change image and share on social
Futurism is another American myth: whether Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan or Obama, American presidents all come into office with a new program, and the conviction that the country is going to be better than ever. James Hillman americanconvictioncountry share on social
Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it. Brad Holland carefulfuturismintellectual share on social
Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great work. But they're not scientists. They're clueless. Michio Kaku cluelessfictionfuturism Change image and share on social
Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future. Dan Brown futurefuturistissue Change image and share on social
Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement. Octavio Paz analysisapplydelay Change image and share on social