

The Third Wave
Author: Alvin Toffler
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Unabridged: 18 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/26/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Future Studies
Author: Alvin Toffler
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Unabridged: 18 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 02/26/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Future Studies
Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) was an American writer and futurist whose list of bestselling books includes Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift. He was a cofounder of Toffler Associates, a consulting firm for companies and governments worldwide on advances in economics, technology, and social change. In France, where his work won the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize), he was named an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.
هر چند کتاب قدیمی است (۱۹۸۰) ولی خواندن آن ارزشمند است. از طرفی چون چند دهه از آن گذشته است میتوان پیش بینیهای تافلر را ارزیابی کرد که چقدر به حقیقت پیوسته و چه مقدار نه. نوع نگاه او به مسائل، تجزیه و تحلیلها و تفسیرهای او و ... هنوز کتاب را جذاب و خواندنی نگاه داشته است. *************************......more
The first wave (Agrarian Society) lasted for thousands of years; the second wave (Industrial society) lasted for close to 300 years and now the third wave("information society")- started in 1960s in U.S.- has more or less spread across the whole globe. Even though the book is written in 1980s, most......more
برخی افراد به قانون اساسی با احترامی تقدس آمیز نگاه می کنند و آن را حاوی ده فرمان می پندارند که آنقدر مقدس است که نباید بدان دست زد. آنان به مردان اعصار گذشته عقلی بالاتر از عقل بشری نسبت می دهند و تصور می کنند که آنچه آنان انجام داده اند احتیاج به هیچگونه تغییر یا اصلاحی ندارد... من مطمئنا طرفدار......more
“Magnificent…An astonishing array of information.” Wall Street Journal
“A detailed, breathtakingly bold projection of the social changes required if we are to survive.” Cosmopolitan
“Rich, stimulating and basically optimistic…will unquestionably aid many to a greater understanding of [today’s] puzzling social changes.” Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“Toffler has imagination and an ability to think of various future possibilities by transcending prevailing values, assumptions, and myths.” Associated Press