Powershift

<b>Alvin Toffler's <i>Future Shock</i> and <i>The Third Wave</i> are among the most influential books of our time. Now in <i>Powershift </i> he brings to a climax the ideas set forth in his previous works to offer a stunning vision of the future that will change your life.</b> <p/> In <i>Powershift </i> Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level equally significant shifts are taking place in the everyday world we all inhabit--the world of supermarkets and hospitals banks and business offices television and telephones politics and personal life. The very nature of power is changing under our eyes. <p/> <i>Powershift</i> maps the info-wars of tomorrow and outlines a new system of wealth creation based on individualism innovation and information. As old political antagonisms fade Toffler identifies where the next far more important world division will arise--not between East and West or North and South but between the fast and the slow. <p/> In <i>Powershift </i> Alvin Toffler has formulated the deepest most comprehensive synthesis yet written about the civilization of the twenty-first century. It is one of the most important books you will ever read. <p/> <b>Praise for <i>Powershift</i></b> <p/> [A] sweeping synthesis . . . by placing the accelerated changes of our current information age in the larger perspective of history Mr. Toffler helps us to face the future with less wariness and more understanding.<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/> An insightful guide to a bewildering present and a frightening future . . . thought-provoking on every page.<b>--<i>Newsday</i></b>