"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
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"Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.“
-Alvin Toffler
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"The great growling engine of change - technology."
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"If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive."
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"The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation."
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