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A library is a hospital for the mind.” - Anonymous

Alvin Toffler

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Alvin Toffler
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: October 4
Died: 2016
Died: June 27
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In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again.
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There are discoverable limits to the amount of change that the human organism can absorb.
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I work virtually every waking hour.
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The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.
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The control of knowledge is the crux of tomorrow's worldwide struggle for power in every human institution.
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Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard
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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.
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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.
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Human beings were held accountable long before there were corporate bureaucracies. If the knight didn't deliver, the king cut off his head.
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Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
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It would be a mistake to assume that the present day educational system is unchanging. On the contrary, it is undergoing rapid change. But much of this change is no more than an attempt to refine the existent machinery, making it ever more efficient in pursuit of obsolete goals.
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The customer will become so integrated into the production process that we will find it more and more difficult to tell just who is actually the consumer and the producer.
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If you don't have a viable strategy, you will be defeated by someone who does.
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If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.
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Change is non-linear and can go backwards, forwards and sideways
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The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.
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It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.
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Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
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One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
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Knowledge is promiscuous. It mates and gives birth to more knowledge.
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