Change Quote by Orson Welles

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the…

— Alvin Toffler

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.

— Alvin Toffler

Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some…

— Douglas Rushkoff

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I suddenly feel left out of a future that isn't even going to happen.

— Jandy Nelson

The future is like smoke from a burning forest, waiting for the wind of specific events and personal courage to blow the sparks and…

— Dan Simmons

“For what more terrifying revelation can there be than that it is the present moment? That we survive the shock at all is only…

— Virginia Wolf

A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find…

— Naomi Klein

The future is unknown and dealing with unknowns is stressful. It is why imagining the future can be so scary for people and why…

— Bryan Johnson

There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.

— Mary Renault

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that…

— Howard Zinn

Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other…

— Amish Tripathi