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Alvin Toffler
Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists.
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culture · American writer, futurist and businessman · futurist · journalist · essayist · sociologist · writer · also Alvin Toffler, Toffler
Born 4 October 1928 · Died 27 June 2016 · Q297425
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2026· 2 entries
“and they always talked about exciting ideas.”
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2016· 4 entries
Died 2016-06-27.
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“El cambio es el proceso en que el futuro invade nuestras vidas....”
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Alvin Toffler died in his sleep on June 27, 2016, at his home in Los Angeles.
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“Un analfabeto será aquel que no sepa dónde ir a buscar la información que requiere en un momento dado para resolver una problemática concreta. La persona formada no lo será a base de conocimientos inamovibles que posea en su mente, sino en función de sus capacidades para conocer lo que precise en cada momento.”
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2006· 2 entries
The People's Daily classed him among the 50 foreigners who shaped modern China, which one U
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Alvin and Heidi Toffler were recipients of Brown University's Independent Award
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2002· 1 entry
As being among the most influential voices in business leaders, along with Bill Gates and Peter Drucker
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1998· 1 entry
“Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate and honest,”
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1996· 1 entry
With American business consultant Tom Johnson, they co-founded Toffler Associates, an advisory firm designed to implement many of the ideas the Tofflers had written on
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1990· 1 entry
Wrote Powershift, also with the help of his wife, Heidi
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1980· 1 entry
Ted Turner founded CNN, which he said was inspired by Toffler's forecasting the end of the dominance of the three main television networks
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1970· 1 entry
His first major book about the future, Future Shock, became a worldwide best-seller and has sold over 6 million copies
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1962· 1 entry
Toffler began a freelance career, writing long form articles for scholarly journals and magazines
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1959· 1 entry
When Fortune magazine invited Alvin to become its labor columnist, later having him write about business and management
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1957· 1 entry
Then three years as a White House correspondent, covering Congress and the White House for a Pennsylvania daily newspaper
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1950· 1 entry
As an English major, though by his own account he was more focused on political activism than grades
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1928· 2 entries
In New York City, and raised in Brooklyn
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Born 1928-10-04.
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