Alvin Toffler - short introduction

Alvin Toffler is an American writer, born in New York in 1928. He is also known as a futurist due to his works about digital and communication revolution.
He explored the effects of new technologies on human life and society.
He wrote the famous works "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave". The first one is focused on the problems and possibillities of the contemporary people.
In his book "The Third Wave", Alvin Toffler organizes the society in three types: 

• The First Wave reffers to agricultural society (800 BC - 18th century)
• The Second Wave analyses the industrial era (18th century - 1960s)
• The Third Wave describes the informatical society (1970s until today)

Toffler's work and ideas have been frequently criticized by those who were against futurology. Two major predictions of Toffler's - the paperless office and the human cloning - have yet to be realized.