…. Published in 1980 Toffler's book describes the transition in developed countries from Industrial Age society, which he calls the "Second Wave", to Information Age "Third Wave" society.
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….Published in 1980
Toffler's book describes the transition in developed countries from Industrial Age society, which he calls the "Second Wave", to Information Age "Third Wave" society.
Toffler’s Third Wave
1st Wave / 4000 B.C.
/ What REVOLUTION ?
AGRICULTURAL…
Where??
Four locations…..
FLUVIAL..
Nile River….Egypt
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus River – INDIA
Yellow River – China
2nd Wave
What REVOLUTION ??
1800 A.D.
INDUSTRIAL
/ Machines….start to replace MAN and ANIMAL muscle powered endeavors …
"The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons of mass destruction. …”
MASS Production
I
1st Wave: Agricultural Rev: 8000 BCE - 18002nd Wave:
Industrial Revolution
3rd
Wave
Third Wave
What Revolution?
….about 1945 A.D.
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
Creative Destruction: Joseph Schumpeter’s theory about a characteristic of a healthy
capitalist economy
1920s-present
Internet connections: brighter the color the more internet connections: 2014
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