English Dictionary

future shock

名詞

不可算名詞

A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.

日本語の意味

短期間に起こった社会的や技術的な急激な変化により、精神的な適応が追いつかずに生じる混乱や衝撃の感覚 / 急激な未来の変化に対して感じる心理的・感情的な負荷やストレス

Many older workers experienced future shock when automation and remote technologies transformed their industries almost overnight.

多くの年配の労働者は、自動化やリモート技術がほとんど一夜にして業界を変えたとき、急速な社会・技術の変化に対処できないという感覚に陥った。

意味（1）

A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.

And of course, future shock and death-wish encroachment eventually got everyone, especially on advanced planets. Deep down, deep down, we all want to die.