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| This first part of the name of this piece is based on a book by Toffler written in 1970, Future Shock. Toffler argues that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a "super-industrial society". This change will overwhelm people, the accelerated rate of technological and social change leaving them disconnected and suffering from "shattering stress and disorientation" – future shocked. Toffler stated that the majority of social problems were symptoms of the future shock. In his discussion of the components of such shock, he also coined the term information overload.* The second part is an expression coined by the American artist, Andy Warhol. It refers to the fleeting condition of celebrity that grabs into an object of media attention, and then passes to some new object as soon as people's attention spans are exhausted. It is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry and other areas of popular culture.* *source Wikipedia The songwriter of this cut out piece of antique sheet music called "In the Garden of Tomorrow" never realizing the perilous questions and dilemmas that would face earthlings and our planet one hundred years later. Nature itself is beautiful the paradox is what humans free will choice has done with it and to it to be god like and create new worlds to "improve" upon this one. |
Future Shock: 15 Megabytes of Fame