Chapter 60 "Upgrade" with world-renowned futurist Alvin Toffler

With the publication of the book "Revolution of Wealth" and its top-seller list, Dr. Alvin Toffler, a world-renowned futurist who wrote the book, visited Korea.At the same time, I received word that Dr. Toffler wished to meet with me.I have always enjoyed reading his works, and I gladly accepted the invitation. When I walked into a hotel restaurant in Seoul at the agreed location, a large number of media reporters flocked to it.Seeing such a lively interview scene, I once again felt the reputation of Dr. Toffler. "I have read a lot of your works in the past, and it is a great honor to meet you like this." I first greeted the doctor happily, and he responded immediately: "I also read a lot about former Representative Park through the news. .”

Dr. Toffler's answer full of sense of humor made me and the media interviewers on the scene laugh, and instantly resolved the strangeness of the first meeting.The media dispersed from the room after the interview, and we began to have a meal and started a serious topic.Before officially entering the topic, Dr. Toffler first expressed his concern for our country. "Under the leadership of President Park Chung-hee, South Korea has undergone significant development and social changes, which has attracted my attention as a futurist. In the past, I spoke highly of President Park, and I also cared about and paid attention to his political progress. Every step of the way, through this visit to Korea, it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Dr. Toffler, how do you think education should be carried out in the future?" I think education is an important thing that determines our future, and it is also the part that needs to be changed most urgently, so I am curious about Dr. Toffler's insights.Dr. Toffler shared with me many educational ideas and suggested specific educational models. "If you think about it today, with the development of the Internet, why does Korean society require children to abide by the class schedule and lock them up to spend time in school? Why not greatly reduce the class time, and at the same time reduce the burden on the government, and reduce the burden on the government. How about using school buildings for new purposes? If we want to train experts in the field of agriculture, we must get rid of the unified evaluation mechanism in the past, and those children should be evaluated by the crops they produce themselves."

We started the first topic with education, and then we explored topics in many other fields.In the conversation centered on my questions at the beginning, we found that we had many commonalities in our values ​​and philosophies, and Dr. Toffler extended to ask more questions. "Former Representative Park, which organization do you think is the most bureaucratic?" "About the North Korean issue, how do you think it will be resolved?" Surprisingly, Dr. Toffler's questions coincided with my concerns, especially the North Korean issue and issues related to government organizations.When I said that government organizations should be stripped of their fat and adopted the approach of "moving forward with small government", Dr. Toffler emphasized as if he had been waiting for a long time: "To adapt to the rapidly changing society of the future, all bureaucratic organizations should be reduced. And it needs to be resilient."

I replied: "The purpose of the Sunshine Policy is very good, but because the policy is not principled and tolerant, North Korea's nuclear weapon test crisis has emerged. The most important thing now is to implement the policy towards North Korea in a principled manner." The ideas were completely consistent, and they emphasized: "Policies must be changed together with the rapidly changing situation of the times." After the meeting, the accompanying secretary announced to reporters the content of our conversation on North Korea's nuclear weapons issue. "Wait, did the doctor say those words, or the former representative Park? How could the two have such similar thoughts?" Even the reporters were surprised, which shows how much I and Dr. Toffler's point of view is. unanimous.

As the conversation lengthened, Dr. Toffler and I resonated more and more, and wanted to continue talking about more topics.The originally planned one-hour meeting had already passed two hours and ten minutes before we knew it.The cell phone of the head of the secretary kept ringing, but we still ignored it, because it is rare to meet someone who shares the same ideas and can chat so deeply, and this joy really does not want to be interrupted.Although we still wanted to continue after talking for more than two hours, the doctor and I had already delayed our respective schedules, so we had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.

I said: "After today's meeting, I seem to have been 'upgraded'. Although it is a pity, due to time constraints, I have to end this meeting." , No one in this world thinks they know everything, and I also learned a lot from former representative Park today, and it seems that both of us have been 'upgraded' through this conversation."