I hate it when Toffler wakes me up in the morning. Some things are too damn shocking, and stressful, and disorienting to learn from him early in the day.

“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.” –Alvin Toffler

On the upside, I didn’t get a call from the CIA telling me my city was in blackout. Thanks to mindless sociopaths who, I’ll assert, are conceivably responsible for the deaths of newborns and elderly in critical care. That’s no stretch, any more than were the security community’s predictions of crises like these when the Internet first leaned mainstream.

“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.” –Alvin Toffler

What are the odds we’ll see lots more like this? Silly question. As Schmidt points out in the article reference above, 85% of critical infrastructure in the U.S. is controlled by the private sector. Not that I needed any supporting data though.

“You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.”  –Alvin Toffler

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Get to know your neighborhood security geek. Or Toffler. They’ve both seen the future.

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Posted by Larry J. Hughes, Jr. on Monday, January 21st, 2008, at 1:52 pm, and filed under Articles, Future Forecast.

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