Kevin Kelly

The Inevitable

1. IDEA 1

   Technology follows deep trends

   Kelly argues that certain technological forces are so strong they will shape the next decades regardless of specific products. He describes twelve such trends, each named with a verb. Each trend builds on the others.

2. IDEA 2

   Everything is always becoming

   Kelly argues that technology never settles into a finished state. Products and services are constantly upgraded, so we are always beginners. Learning never ends, because the next version is always arriving and the old one never feels final.

3. IDEA 3

   Intelligence is added to everything

   Kelly describes cognifying, adding artificial intelligence to ordinary objects and services. He compares it to how electricity was added to everything. Just as the grid quietly powered every machine, intelligence will quietly improve many everyday things.

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