Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “This brief, 100 or so page, books serves as a primer for Alvin and Heidi Toffler's futurist philosophy. The premise is that there are three great waves of human change - the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now the information revolution. Since their 1980 work, "The Third...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “After the Republicans took back Congress in 1994, Newt Gingrich put certain books on the map; this was one of them. He wrote the Foreword to it even. Again, it explains how we have shifted from an Agricultural to an Industrial to a Knowledge based economy. I don't think this is his best work, however.”

  Ron B wrote this review Friday, February 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “This brief, 100 or so page, books serves as a primer for Alvin and Heidi Toffler's futurist philosophy. The premise is that there are three great waves of human change - the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now the information revolution. Since their 1980 work, "The Third Wave," the Toffler's have been observing how advances in communication and information technology have been making the world smaller and progressively globalized. The authors discuss the implications of this trend for the future of our culture and economy. While they argue that the trend is inevitable, they do point to ways in which we can prepare for it and adapt to it. In this context, political conflict is viewed as conflict between those embracing the Third Wave and those futilely clinging to the Second Wave and that this political realignment is more meaning full that right vs. left or Democrat vs. Republican (published in 1994, the authors cite the example of both Pat Buchanan and Jesse Jackson being opposed to NAFTA (second wave), while both Bill Clinton and George HW Bush were for it). This thought provoking book gave me a whole new way of looking at and understanding US politics.”

  James B wrote this review Friday, December 7 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No