Alvin Toffler has died. The New York Times reports that he (pictured, via) was 82 years old.
In his lifetime, Toffler established himself as a futurist and a writer. As an author, he became well-known for the three books that make up the Toffler trilogy: Future Shock (1970), The Third Wave (1980), and Powershift (1990).
Here’s more from The Guardian: “‘Future shock,’ a term he first used in a 1965 magazine article, was how Toffler defined the growing feeling of anxiety brought on by the bewildering and ever-accelerating pace at which life was changing. His book combined an understanding tone and page-turning urgency, as he diagnosed contemporary trends and headlines – from war protests to the rising divorce rate – as symptoms of a historical cycle that was overturning every facet of life.” (via NPR)