--- title: "Best Alvin Toffler Sayings" description: "Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolut..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alvin-toffler-11991.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alvin-toffler-11991.jpg) # Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) Futurist United States **88** quotes in **539** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alvin Toffler was a futurist from the United States, best known for *Future shock*. ## Quick Facts About Alvin Toffler Born October 4, 1928 Died June 27, 2016 Nationality United States Profession Futurist Notable works Future shock Spouse Heidi Toffler ## About Alvin Toffler Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists. ## Awards & Honors Officer of Arts and Letters doctor honoris causa of Keiō University ## Quotes by Alvin Toffler · Page 3 > [Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop-future-but-to-shape-it-to/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/alvin-toffler-7657_character_our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop_563301.jpg) > [In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-will-not-be-someone-who-can-t/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/alvin-toffler-7657_able_in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-wi_796810.jpg) > [The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/the-next-major-explosion-is-going-to-be-when-genetics-and-computers-2/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Biology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/alvin-toffler-7657_biology_the-next-major-explosion-is-going-to-be_2721591.jpg) > [Humanity faces a quantum leap forward. It faces the deepest social upheaval and creative restructuring of all time. Without clearly recognizing it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/humanity-faces-a-quantum-leap-forward-it-faces-the-deepest-social/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [All time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/alvin-toffler-7657_all-time_humanity-faces-a-quantum-leap-forward-it_557017.jpg) > [By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/by-challenging-anthropocentricism-and-temporal-provincialism-science/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/alvin-toffler-7657_challenges_by-challenging-anthropocentricism-and-te_1130678.jpg) > [Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/many-countries-today-have-begun-the-transition-from-an-industrial/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Appreciate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/alvin-toffler-7657_appreciate_many-countries-today-have-begun-the-tran_2804820.jpg) > [It would be a mistake to assume that the present day educational system is unchanging. On the contrary, it is undergoing rapid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/it-would-be-a-mistake-to-assume-that-the-present-day-educational/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Assuming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assuming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/alvin-toffler-7657_assuming_it-would-be-a-mistake-to-assume-that-the_1088643.jpg) > [We need people who can see straight ahead and deep into the problems. Those are the experts. But we also need peripheral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/we-need-people-who-can-see-straight-ahead-and-deep-into-the-problems/) [Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/alvin-toffler-7657_dreams_we-need-people-who-can-see-straight-ahea_3000211.jpg) ## Alvin Toffler by topic [Change (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/alvin-toffler/) [Time (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/alvin-toffler/) [Future shock (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/future-shock/alvin-toffler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/#itemlist", "name": "Alvin Toffler Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alvin Toffler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop-future-but-to-shape-it-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/alvin-toffler-7657_character_our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop_563301.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/alvin-toffler-7657_character_our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop_563301.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/alvin-toffler-7657_character_our-moral-responsibility-is-not-to-stop_563301.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane…” — Alvin Toffler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alvin Toffler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-will-not-be-someone-who-can-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/alvin-toffler-7657_able_in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-wi_796810.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/alvin-toffler-7657_able_in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-wi_796810.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/alvin-toffler-7657_able_in-the-year-2000-an-illiterate-person-wi_796810.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not…” — Alvin Toffler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. 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