The Inevitable

Disappointing in the whole. I had high hopes for this book as I hoped his book Out of Control. Like What Technology Wants I found this is a disappointing read. Spends lots of time pontificating on a future technological world he imagines. But there is little insight from the book in terms of how you might leverage his 12 forces in your own life and for your own business. Meh

Kevin Kelly within “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future” book walks the reader through disruptive technologies which revolutionize our life within last century. He starts the book with his first encounter of computer at 1965 when he was 13 years old and share his observation since then. Kevin Kelly covers interesting topics such as block chain, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality as well as how they might shape human life in future.

I've always liked Kevin Kelly's writing, going back to the first issues of Wired, but he has always been way too optimistic about how technology will be employed. I wonder what he'd say about the two years since this book was published. All in all though, I'm a sucker for wild-ass tech prognosticators. Have been since I read Future Shock in the 80's.