Interesting documentary series based on Future Shock. (Some of us are old enough to remember the book! ) The first installment of the series is embedded below. You can go to the video on Youtube or the link provided for more! It's interesting how people's reaction to emerging technology remains the same over the years, but most of the fears are completely unfounded. To say that the presentation style of the documentary is melodramatic would be an extreme understatement!
In 1972, a little-known documentary was made, based on Alvin Toffler's famous and massively influential techno-panic book Future Shock, which famously warned about the dangers of technological progress. Apparently, the entire documentary has been put up on YouTube, so you can watch it below. It's narrated by Orson Welles, but what's most amusing is how many of the concerns voiced in the documentary about the evils of technology are the same "warnings" that we hear today, with the same absence of evidence that support the position. I particularly like the dramatic scary music that fills much of the entire film.
LINK: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110113/14494112661/techno-panics-forty-years-ago-narrated-orson-welles.shtml