The cultural reality that seems not very far off is 500 or 1,000 channels of television bringing in images Fiji or Kazakhstan, automatically translated into my own language, carrying along ideologies and religions that blow the mind, and that create in every country a configurative culture, in which elements have been adopted from elsewhere in the world.
Predictor: Toffler, Alvin
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Wired magazine, futurist Peter Schwartz, a co-founder of the Global Business Network, discusses the high-tech future that will develop out of a knowledge-based world with futurist Alvin Toffler, the co-author (with his wife Heidi Toffler) of “Future Shock,” “The Third Wave” and “War and Anti-War.” Schwartz quotes Toffler saying: ”We have been asked in Mexico, in China, in Chile, everywhere around the world, ‘Can we become third wave and still stay Mexican, Chinese, or whatever?’ Our answer is, ‘You can have a unique culture, but it ain’t gonna be the one you had before.’ You will be a Mexican of the future, not a Mexican of the past. The cultural reality that seems not very far off is 500 or 1,000 channels of television bringing in images Fiji or Kazakhstan, automatically translated into my own language, carrying along ideologies and religions that blow the mind, and that create in every country a configurative culture, in which elements have been adopted from elsewhere in the world.”
Biography:Alvin Toffler was a futurist and best-selling author in the 1990s. He teamed up with his wife, Heidi, to write the bestsellers “Future Shock,” “The Third Wave” and “War and Anti-War.” (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Creating a Smaller World
Title, headline, chapter name: Shock Wave (Anti) Warrior
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.05/toffler_pr.html
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