IN 1970, the world was shocked by the predictions of Alvin Toffler in his newly published book, Future Shock. He envisioned a totally altered lifestyle for people in which men would be dominated by computers. Personal computers (PCs), electronic networking and virtually reality would be invented. Toffler also used words like videocassette recorders (VCRs) long before their actual existence.

A decade later, he wrote the sequel Third Wave, wh