We’ve always thought that the apocalypse is nigh, as Tom Phillips writes in his superb book, A Brief History of the End of the F--king World ...

There is futurist Alvin Toffler, who described in his 1970 landmark book “Future Shock” how he came to the title: “I coined the term ‘future shock’ to describe the shattering stress and ...

In the first month of 2025, we stood slack-jawed as our house was set on fire. Perhaps we are waiting until the arsons leave ...

“I promise you it’s the kind of book you won't want to put down,” Oprah says. For the first time in Book Club history, Oprah picked the same book twice. Originally selected for the club in 2008, A New ...

While searching for an analogy for Donald Trump 1.0 during his 2016 campaign, I landed on a juxtaposition of “Mad Max” and Paddy Chayefsky’s brilliant movie “Network.” ...

By Clay Risen Alvin F. Poussaint ... about the possibility of Black progress in a white-dominated society. In books like “Why Blacks Kill Blacks” (1972) and “Black Child Care” (1975 ...

Many of the key characters in the book who shaped the history of our ... There shouldn’t be recourse to the people Alvin Toffler calls the illiterate of the 21st century who can’t learn ...

“Our modern technology has achieved a degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty heavy price. We live in an age of anxiety, a time of stress.

There is futurist Alvin Toffler, who described in his 1970 landmark book “Future Shock” how he came to the title: “I coined the term ‘future shock’ to describe the shattering stress and disorientation ...