Big Thinkers - Alvin Toffler [Futurist] (1 of 3)

Big Thinkers is a former ZDTV (later TechTV) television program. It featured a half-hour interview with a "big thinker" in science, technology, and other fields. Interviews were filmed in a 16:9 format and intercut with public domain material from the Prelinger Archives. This archival footage (mostly film clips from the 1940's and 50's) was used to create visual metaphors highlighting the speaker's points.

This episode features Alvin Toffler. He is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communications revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity. A former associate editor of Fortune magazine, his early work focused on technology and its impact (through effects like information overload). Then he moved to examining the reaction of and changes in society. His later focus has been on the increasing power of 21st century military hardware, weapons and technology proliferation, and capitalism.

(Text from Wikipedia)

Here are links to all 3 parts:
1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tVsXXFvhZA
2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTcikkHUluw
3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCAutRA54Ko

Category:

Education

Tags:

• techtv
• futurist
• alvin
• toffler
• big
• thinkers

[Kienzan13]

This is how you do it if you wan't mess up a great interview.

Throw images and music left and right like his words aren't enought to keep your atention.

Just a horrible distraction

[satishkumar77]

oh this man is wonderful i read his book it is not only superb but also highly stimulating i recommend any one who is highly resistant to social change or avoids change it gives wonderful picturisation of what is happening in this world of turbluent change.

[vidaripollen]

time poverty.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

this is what killed creativity 

[FleshMob]

I like this guy!

[elcid2012]

Great Post time to teach the Face book crowd, we can do it :)