They all speak essentially to many of the same concepts that Maynard and Mehrtens portray will be shaped in the fourth wave as it emerges. Seamless boundaries will emerge between corporate and personal life. Self-forgetful service will become not only a theological watchword, but an emerging paradigm for the common man. This is very much in line with contemporary authors and their extrapolation of underlying patterns coming out of the next wave. I especially agree with Flemming's idea that people will see the need to get in touch with their inner selves.
Old paradigms die hard, even as the new wave is firmly cresting over our heads.
These technologies cut across all industries, from electronic shopping to robotic surgery to cable TV extension universities to computerized voice activated 411 operators. We are truly on the cusp of the virtual workerless workforces in the third wave industries. If Rifkin is right, we will have to mandate a redistribution of labor hours by reducing the length of the work week. In systems thinking, this is a reinforcing loop. Reinforcing loops either increase without bound, or implode.