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The Discontinuous Future: A Bold but Overoptimistic Forecast

By Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler
March/April 1998
Article Summary and Author Biography

Barry Buzan and Gerald Segal's Anticipating the Future boldly treks across disciplinary boundaries to look far ahead, but the authors underestimate the impact of the information revolution.

Alvin Toffler's books include The Third Wave and Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century. He and Heidi Toffler are coauthors of War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Their most recent book is Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave.

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