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.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.