Future Shock

In the 1960s, futurists Alvin Toffler and Anthony Wiener penned an influential book entitled Future Shock. The authors predicted that people would soon be so over-stimulated by constant change that they’d experience stress, anxiety, and even depression if they didn’t take the time to adjust to the dizzying speed at which society moved. Humorously written, the text was a runaway bestseller—even being banned in some countries for its portrayal of then-modern men and women as agitated creatures who struggled to cope with constant change.