Waistline2 >>This says Toffler talks about a super-industrial society.
CB<< ^^^^^^ WL: Have you read the books? I have - many times, back when they were first published. Here is the curve of Tofflers writings, which provide an outline and back drop: 1970 - Future Shock - read; 1980 - The Third Wave - read, 1990 - Powershift - read; 1995 War and Anti War - read, as well as various articles by an array of so-called "futurists." If you have not read this material it is no crime. Why pretend to know something of an author one has not read? I remember the impact of The Third Wave on Chinese society and the internal political struggle within the CPC in the mid 1980s. It is not to late to read this book - keeping in mind it was published 25 years ago. Waistline ^^^^^ CB: You are not quite catching my drift here. I'm not pretending to have read the books. My standard is, if you mention a book, it is on you to summarize the thesis. I ain't going out and reading it. If you want to use it in an argument, you gotta reduce it for this format. The burden is on you to make a case for Toffler's thesis. My take on the current changes in science and technology is from Marxist books. And then I read some engineering on robotics , etc. Presumably these encyclopedia writers have read the books. Are you saying that the encyclopedia summary of the theses is inaccurate ? If so, say how. It's on you to summarize the thesis. Again , does Toffler or does he not use term "superindustrial" ? You have referred to "post-industrial" in our past discussions, and I have used "super-industrial " ( derived independently of Toffler). _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
