The Tofflers defined that Future Shock kicks in when the world adjustments quicker than we’re prepared for. We react as an alternative of reply, and sometimes shut down within the face of an excessive amount of of the brand new.
When our world adjustments (and it all the time does, extra now than ever) now we have 4 selections. And solely one in every of them is useful.
DENY: We will fake that the world isn’t altering, that nothing is completely different and angrily push again on any proof on the contrary. We will see the change as a private affront, and demand that it’s not actual or doesn’t matter.
GIVE UP: The opposite place is seductive as properly. We will embrace our perceived powerlessness and easily cease making an attempt.
CONTROL: Whereas some understate their energy, others overstate it. We will try and institute draconian measures, shortcut present techniques and demand that issues go the best way we wish them to. You possibly can maintain again the ocean for a short time, however it all the time finds a means. It’s exhausting to make the tide towards the regulation.
RESPOND: And this path is the resilient one, the one which not solely makes it extra seemingly we’ll obtain one thing but in addition engages us in productive work. Responders see and acknowledge the state of affairs, then use their assets to make an affect. It by no means works out precisely the best way we hope, however it often works out higher than any of the opposite paths.
