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From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives “A quintessential work of technological futurism.” – James Surowiecki, strategy + businessMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives — from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture — can be understood as the result of a few long-term, accelerating forces. Kelly both describes these deep trends — interacting, cognifying, flowing, screening, accessing, sharing, filtering, remixing, tracking, and questioning — and demonstrates how they overlap and are codependent on one another. "That futurists have a terrible record hasn’t discouraged them, and this delightful addition to the genre does not deny that predictions have been wildly off-base... Kelly’s arguments ring true, and his enthusiasm is contagious. Readers will
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- Author
- Kevin Kelly
- Publisher
- © 2016From THE INEVITABLE by Kevin Kelly. Summarized by arrangement with TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of of Penguin Random House LLC
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780525428084
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Engineering, Sociology, Management
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (3,582 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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