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How technology has changed the world since I was young

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A bit of future shock.

How technology has changed the world since I was young A bit of future shock. Noah Smith May 15, 2023 329 108 33 Share Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash In 1970, Alvin Toffler published Future Shock , a book claiming that modern people feel overwhelmed by the pace of technological change and the social changes that result. I’m starting to think that we ward off future shock by minimizing the scale and extent of the changes we experience in our life. I tend to barely notice the differences in my world from year to year, and when I do notice them they generally seem small enough to be fun and exci

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