Essays Tagged: "Alvin Toffler"

Reflection Question: was slavery necessary for the economic growth of america? Here, i say it is not necessary

rica was starting to be a industrialized country as soon as the North have won the civil war," said Alvin Toffler, in his book, The Third Wave.The economic growth of America did not necessarily requir ...

(1 pages) 74 2 4.5 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Ignorance is not bliss

o "learn, unlearn, and relearn", or they will become the "illiterates of the twenty-first century" (Alvin Toffler). If ignorance is bliss meaning spiritual joy, or ecstatic state, does ignoranc ...

(4 pages) 65 1 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Potential hazards of nanotechnology

at would eventually consume and take over the planet in a style reminiscent to that of "The Matrix".Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler in their brilliant book "War and Anti-War: Making Sense of Today's G ...

(2 pages) 77 1 3.6 Apr/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

A speech about public transport

We need a person that makes wise changes that actually makes a difference.In the end I must say, as Alvin Toffler once said: “Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.”Bibliograph ...

(2 pages) 12 0 0.0 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Analysis of "Taming technology"by alvin toffler

ing ourselves and our environment increase as well. Technology, as stated in ?Taming Technology? by Alvin Toffler, has revolutionized the way that we live our daily lives, whether it is in the form of ...

(3 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Family as an Adaptive Institution

dustrial society than does the extended family system (Goode 1963; Parsons and Bales 1955).Futurist Alvin Toffler (1980) has even suggested that the traditional nuclear family form is no longer compat ... nd Robert Bales. Family, Socialization and Interaction Process. New York: Free Press, 1955.Toffler, Alvin. The Third Wave. New York: Morrow, 1980.Vincent, Clark E. "Familia spongia: The adaptive funct ...

(3 pages) 20 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Occupational Trends

echnology Research and Development.•The Third Wave: In their book "War and Antiwar," Heidi and Alvin Toffler divided human history into three distinct phases or "Waves". Phase One, which they ter ...

(5 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology