Think of it like another framing of the Tofflers’ old “future shock” saw, perhaps. Future shock was the notion that the future…

futures, novelty, future shock

“Think of it like another framing of the Tofflers’ old “future shock” saw, perhaps. Future shock was the notion that the future would come on so fast that some people would not be able to adapt, and would live in a continual state of psychological trauma.  I think the Tofflers were wrong, in that we’re a highly adaptive species who can handle any torrent of novelty, event and innovation, but the price to pay is that, shit, it gets tiring.”

Warren Ellis