Knowledge is promiscuous. It mates and gives birth to more knowledge.
Never in history has distance meant less.
Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it.
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.
Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.