Editing Future Shock (section)

===Features of post-industrial society===
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[[File:100 Yen lighter.JPG|thumb|A generic, disposable lighter]]
*Many goods have become [[disposable]] as the cost of manual repair or cleaning has become greater than the cost of making new goods due to [[mass production]]. Examples of disposable goods include [[ballpoint pen]]s, [[lighter]]s, [[plastic bottle]]s, and [[paper towels]].
*The overall production of goods and services doubles every 50 years in developed countries. Society experiences an increasing number of changes with increasing rapidity, while people are losing the familiarity that old institutions ([[religion]], [[family]], [[national identity]], [[profession]]) once provided. 
*"[[Brain drain]]," or [[Human capital flight]], is both an indicator of the changes in society and also one of their causes.
*The design of goods becomes outdated quickly. (And so, for example, a second generation of computers appears before the end of the [[service life|expected period of usability]] of the first generation.) 
*It is possible to rent almost everything (from a ladder to a [[wedding dress]]), thus eliminating the need for ownership.
*Whole branches of [[Industry (economics)|industry]] die off and new branches of industry arise. This affects unskilled workers who are compelled to change their residence to find new jobs. The constant change in the [[Market (economics)|market]] also poses a problem for advertisers who must deal with moving targets.
*People of post-industrial society change their profession and their workplace often. People have to change professions because professions quickly become outdated.  People of post-industrial society thus have many [[career]]s in a lifetime. The knowledge of an [[engineer]] becomes outdated in ten years. People look more and more for temporary jobs.
*To follow transient jobs, people have become [[nomad]]s. For example, immigrants from [[Algeria]], [[Turkey]], and other countries go to Europe to find work. Transient people are forced to change residence, phone number, [[school]], friends, car license, and contact with [[family]] often. As a result, relationships tend to be superficial with a large number of people, instead of being intimate or close relationships that are more stable. Evidence for this is tourist travel and holiday romances.
*The [[driver's license]], received at age 16, has become the [[teenager]]'s admission to the world of adults because it symbolizes the ability to move independently.
*Death of Permanence. The post-industrial society will be marked by a transient culture where everything ranging from goods to human relationships will be temporary.