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The Third Wave (Toffler book) The Third Wave (Toffler book) The Third Wave is a 1980 book by Alvin Toffler. It is the sequel to "Future Shock" (1970), and the second in what was originally likely meant to be a trilogy that was continued with "" in 1990. A new addition, "Revolutionary Wealth", was published, however, in 2006 and may be considered as a major expansion of The Third Wave. Toffler's book describes the transition in developed countries from Industrial Age society, which he calls the "Second Wave", to Information Age "Third Wave" society. In the book Toffler describes three types of societies, based on