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The Inevitable
- Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
A New York Times Best Seller
From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the 12 technological imperatives that will shape the next 30 years and transform our lives.
Much of what will happen in the next 30 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.
These larger forces will completely revolutionize the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate with each other. By understanding and embracing them, says Kelly, it will be easier for us to remain on top of the coming wave of changes and to arrange our day-to-day relationships with technology in ways that bring forth maximum benefits. Kelly’s bright, hopeful book will be indispensable to anyone who seeks guidance on where their business, industry, or life is heading - what to invent, where to work, in what to invest, how to better reach customers, and what to begin to put into place - as this new world emerges.
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- junior owusu
- 19-10-18
eye opening
I was taken on a journey of both history and discovery. It's very issue to assume that this how life is when you don't remember of actually people use to live. This book not only made me excites of where we are going technological but also eager to add to it. a must read for all in business and all that care about where we are going.
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- ralph behnke
- 31-05-18
A compelling and exciting story of our time.
Not quite a crystal ball but a lucid framework for us to imagine what the next 30 years may have in store for us.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-10-16
Exceptional.
Thoroughly thought through review of current technology trends. Thought provoking, deep analysis and some good predictions given life by the short stories. Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-08-17
Interesting themes, terrible narrator
Would you try another book written by Kevin Kelly or narrated by George Newbern?
Would try a book by Kevin Kellya as interesting themes although I didn't think the book was well written.
Narration was terrible
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of George Newbern?
I don't know but I didn't like his voice.
If this book were a film would you go see it?
No
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- mike stretton
- 13-07-17
you wouldn't believe it
Can't put it down book also didn't want it to end
So deceitful 10 out of 10
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- S J Bennett
- 28-05-19
Interesting recap of tech trends, blasé side-stepping of concerns
The narration is fine and the main points are worth a listen. These things seem genuinely inevitable so everyone should be aware of where they might lead. But the author’s decision to ignore (or embrace) real social drawbacks is infuriating. Just because something is inevitable doesn’t mean we have no choice about the speed of its takeover or how it is used.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-02-19
Nothing that we don’t know
I was expecting more revelations than statistics and facts that we already know. It didn’t impress me :(
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- Bruno
- 03-10-17
Good but confusing as audiobook
The author frequently mixes present and future, making the narrative hard to follow. Overall it’s a really interesting reflection on the future and well worth your time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-08-17
Interesting
Slow to get started but interesting. There is a lot useful ideas in this book about thinking about change and future innovations
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- ME247
- 08-10-16
An eye-opener for everyone
Kevin Kelly does an excellent job of connecting the present with the future. Anyone who has an interest in what comes next should grab a copy and read it now!
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