Powershift

<b>Alvin Toffler&#146;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><br><br> 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&#151;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.<br> &#160;<br> <i>Powershift</i> maps the &#147;info-wars&#148; 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&#151;not between East and West or North and South but between the &#147;fast&#148; and the &#147;slow.&#148;<br> &#160;<br> 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.<br> &#160;<br> <b>Praise for <i>Powershift</i></b><br> &#160;<br> &#147;[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.&#148;<b>&#151;<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br> &#147;An insightful guide to a bewildering present and a frightening future . . . thought-provoking on every page.&#148;<b>&#151;<i>Newsday</i></b>