https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2011/01/01/retro-shock/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 23:48:11 -0400<![CDATA[There&#8217;s a sucker punch at the end that Glenn Beck fans won&#8217;t enjoy, and it&#8217;s worth noting that however pessimistic Alvin Toffler was about the future at the start of the 1970s, he had made quite an about-face a decade later in the surprisingly hopeful sequel to Future Shock, The Third Wave. But otherwise, this is a fun video look from Matt Novak of the PaleoFuture blog at the doomsday Malthusians of the early seventies:]]>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:03:08 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/01/01/retro-shock-n253125