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Alvin Toffler
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Alvin Toffler was an author who began his work period in 1970. He was born on October 4, 1928, and died on June 27, 2016. His bibliography includes works such as *The Culture Consumers*, *Avḥanot ṿe-hanaḥot, ha-Gal ha-shelishi*, and *Inshāʾ ḥaḍārah jadīdah siyāsat al-mawjah al-thālithah*.
Toffler’s writings have been referenced by 123 other encyclopedia articles. He is associated with the quote, “Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.” Additionally, he noted that by instructing students how to learn, unlearn, and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2016
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Inshāʾ ḥaḍārah jadīdah siyāsat al-mawjah al-thālithah
- The Culture Consumers
- Mahpakh ha-ʻotsmah
- Avḥanot ṿe-hanaḥot
- ha-Gal ha-shelishi
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944-12-19
- Active to
- 2013-03-06
Discography
- On the Road to Freedom1973
- Pump Iron1975
- Let It Rock1978
- Rocket Fuel1978
- RX51981
- Detroit Diesel1986
- Zoom1992
- Nineteenninetyfour1993
- Saguitar2007
- Still on the Road to Freedom2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 84
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Norm of Reciprocity: A Preliminary Statement
· 1960 · cited 8,134x
- Machine Learning in Medicine
· 2019 · cited 3,842x
- Optimal Medical Therapy with or without PCI for Stable Coronary Disease
· 2007 · cited 3,838x
- Large language models encode clinical knowledge
· 2023 · cited 3,357x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,336x
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Quotes
- “…the sudden rise of a religious movement in the West that restricts the eating of beef and thereby saves billions of tons of grain and provides a nourishing diet for the world as a whole.”
- “Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.”
- “Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it. The acceleration of change in our time is, itself, an elemental force. This accelerative thrust has personal and psychological, as well as sociological, consequences.”
- “If industrialism, with its faster pace of life, has accelerated the family cycle, super-industrialism now threatens to smash it altogether.”
- “By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alvin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New York University
- Employer
- The New School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- civilization
- Official website
- www.alvintoffler.net
- Image
- Alvin Toffler 02.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alvin Toffler
- date of birth
- 1928-10-04
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- name in native language
- Alvin Toffler
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of death
- 2016-06-27
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Alvin Eugene Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists.
Toffler was an associate editor of Fortune magazine. In his early works he focused on technology and its impact, which he termed "information overload". In 1970, his first major book about the future, Future Shock, became a worldwide best-seller and has sold over 6 million copies.
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