A genre of science fiction characterized by rapid societal and technological change and the subsequent inability of people to cope with the pace of change. Originates from Alvin Toffer's 1970 book, "Future Shock".
Joe: Have you finished Accelerando by Charles Stross yet?
Jill: No, that futureshock stuff dates way too fast. And his prose is terrible.
Jill: No, that futureshock stuff dates way too fast. And his prose is terrible.
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Get the futureshop!! mug.A small portion or screenshot of the future, present in a dream. You get a strange sense of deja vu when experiencing said portion. Normally it happens very quickly.
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