“The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.”

“One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.”

“Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.”

“Nobody knows the future with certainty. We can, however, identify ongoing patterns of change.”

“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.”

“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.”

“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”

“The great growling engine of change - technology.”

“Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.”

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

“Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.”