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Knowledge has gone from being an adjunct of money power and muscle power, to being their very essence. It is, in fact, the ultimate amplifier. This is the key to the powershift that lies ahead, and it explains why the battle for control of knowledge and the means of communication is heating up all over the world.
Powershift – Alvin Toffler on the age of post-fact knowledge and the rise of the super-symbolic economy (1990)
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6-29-2012
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Truth from writer and futurist Alvin Toffler, creator of Future Shock. (↬ It’s Okay To Be Smart)

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Truth from writer and futurist Alvin Toffler, creator of Future Shock.

(↬ It’s Okay To Be Smart)

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6-25-2012