RIP Alvin Toffler

Started by bayonetbrant, June 29, 2016, 06:09:45 PM

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/books/alvin-toffler-author-of-future-shock-dies-at-87.html

Futurist and really smart dude.

His book "War and Anti-War" was a required one in my first unit on active duty.  It was pretty fascinating and many of his ideas turned out to be more true than not 25-35 years later.
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