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Quick Take: The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Quick Take: The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Quick Take: The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

Sep 16, 2018 | Posted by ~Chris | Learning, Medium, Quick Take, Technology |

I’m trying a “Quick Take” approach to book reviews here for the first time with Kevin Kelly’s The Inevitable.

I’ve been a fan since the very first time I saw Kevin Kelly speak:

 

Shortly I realized that he was one of the driving forces behind much of the great content and lasting change in our world that had already touched my life. So, of course, I ravenously consumed What Technology Wants. Like a malnourished child finding protein, I was instantly on a new path of growth; my mind swirling through the 7th kingdom of life; the Technium…

The Inevitable

The Inevitable

The Inevitable is perhaps not quite as mind-bending as What Technology Wants. While being more practical it manages to be just as exciting as well as eye-opening and deeply inspiring. In it, Kevin takes the current technology trends you’re hearing about and weaves them into a set of concrete glimpses of the future. If you want a snapshot of the hottest areas of tech today, and a peak into where these trends could lead us, The Inevitable must be at the very top of your reading list.

As I was reading Kevin’s explanation of “the 12 technological forces that will shape our future” I was struck by particular key words, phrases, and concepts supporting and defining each force. Being a proud margin scrawler, I quickly began noting these little jewels on the title page of each chapter, as reminders, or clues for my own thinking. Maybe they will be helpful to you as well – either as supplements to your own notes, conversation starters, seeds of innovation, or just curious encouragements to read the book for yourself.

So, here it is, my chapter-by-chapter list-style “Quick Take” from Kevin Kelly’s The Inevitable:

1 – BECOMING

  • Entropy
  • Upgrading
  • Endless Newb
  • Protopia
  • Users!
  • This is the Beginning
    • Blockchain
    • AI / ML
    • CRISPR
    • Cloud
    • IoT

2 – COGNIFYING

  • AI (ML)
  • Smart-Everything
  • AI cloud dominance
  • New ways to think
  • Bot herding
  • Local manufacturing

3 – FLOWING

  • Copying
  • Streaming
  • Real-time
  • XaaS
  • Free vs. Generatives
  • nouns & verbs
  • Liquidity (unencumbered)
    • remix
    • audience as artist

4 – SCREENING

  • Authority
  • People of the Book
  • People of the Screen
  • Universal Library
  • Future of books
  • VR & AR
  • the now
  • ubiquitous screens

5 – ACCESSING

  • Borrowing
  • Intangibles
  • Verbs (over nouns)
  • ‘as a service’
  • On demand (real-time)
  • Public commons
  • Ecosystems
  1. Dematerialization
  2. Real-time on-demand
  3. Decentralization
  4. Platform synergy
  5. Clouds

6 – SHARING

  • Communists
  • Collectivism
  • Socialism Without the State
  • Sharing & Sampling
  • decentralization
  • “dot-communism”
  • Hierarchy vs. Network
  • Curation
  • Platforms
  • Crowdfunding and Micropayments

7 – FILTERING

  • Peak Media
  • Curation
  • Poverty of Attention
  • Attention technology
  • Influencers
  • Real-time filters-on-filters
  • The Value of Human Experience
  • distinction

8 – REMIXING

  • Summaries
  • Recombination
  • Findability
  • Rewind-ability
  • Transforming!

9 – INTERACTING

  • Virtual reality
  • Augmented reality
  • Presence
  • Interactivity (“just click on it”)
  • Gamification IRL
  • Identification
  • AI in VR/AR

10 – TRACKING

  • Sensors
  • Self Quantification (health)
  • New Senses
  • Life Streams
  • life logging
  • tracking things (usage)
  • Surveilence
  • Metadata
  • Coveillance
  • Zillionomics

11 – QUESTIONING

  • Impossible!
  • theory vs. practice
  • new social structures
  • the extraordinary
  • decreasing certainty
  • fluid thinking
  • the Paradox of Science
  • the answer machine

12 – BEGINNING

  • the HOLOS

BONUS: Don’t Fear the Inevitable: An Interview With Kevin Kelly

RULE BREAKER INVESTING // 02-14-2018

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