Book · 2016 · Forecasting
The Inevitable
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Technology is prompting us to ask more and better questions, advancing our knowledge and revealing more about what we don't know.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · Sep 2016 What they say about it
- Discusses future and technology“about technology and the future”3
The best things said about it
That was a very optimistic book about technology and the future.
Kelly tries to see whether his youthful optimism squares with the technological realities of today and tomorrow.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Sep 2016 I'm talking about long-term processes rather than particulars.
The Inevitable was the title of a new book by Kevin Kelly about the future. I do have to say the title of the book sounds to me at least a little scary.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Sep 2016 Paper books will not be culturally dominant. And in fact, this book, The Inevitable, it has digital versions.
Just as you can't foresee all the benefits of what technology will give birth to, nor can you see the downsides, right?
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Sep 2016 Why people recommend it
The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly is a work exploring long-term technological trends and the future. Russ Roberts brought up Kevin Kelly's 2016 book The Inevitable on EconTalk to discuss his views on technology and optimism, noting that it was a very optimistic book about the future. Stephen Dubner also introduced the book on Freakonomics Radio, describing its attempt to compare Kelly's youthful optimism with present and future technology, though he also challenged Kelly's credibility as a forecaster by pointing out that he had missed several developments regarding the internet. Dubner further questioned how much artificial intelligence had been used in the writing of the book and pointed to the apparent paradox of publishing a work about technological change in a classic print format. Kevin Kelly explained that the title referred to predictable long-term processes rather than particulars, using the analogy of rain in a valley, and noted that paper books would not remain culturally dominant even though the work was available in digital versions.
Every mention
Stephen Dubner But one of the things that's sitting in my recording booth is a hardcover copy of your book, The Inevitable… 7
Discussed
“In a new book called The Inevitable, Kelly tries to see whether his youthful optimism squares with the technological realities of today and tomorrow.”
Discussed
“And how much AI was applied to the writing of the book? I mean, obviously you spellcheck and things like that, but I'm curious if there's anything else.”
Critiqued
“You admit in your book that you missed a lot about how the Internet would develop, for instance. So, without meaning to sound like a total jerk, let me just ask you, why should we believe anything you're telling us today about the future?”
Discussed
“The Inevitable was the title of a new book by Kevin Kelly about the future. I do have to say the title of the book sounds to me at least a little scary.”
Discussed
“But one of the things that's sitting in my recording booth is a hardcover copy of your book, The Inevitable. It just strikes me as so weird that for a set of ideas that we're talking about today, that it is still published in classic dead tree format.”
Discussed
“It also seems, just out of fairness to your argument, really, that just as you can't foresee all the benefits of what technology will give birth to, nor can you see the downsides, right?”
Discussed
“You argue that technology is prompting us to ask more and better questions, advancing our knowledge and revealing more about what we don't know. You write, it's a safe bet that we have not asked our biggest questions yet.”
Kevin Kelly Let me just give you a quick little parallel about what I mean by inevitable, which is the title of the boo… 2
Discussed
“Let me just give you a quick little parallel about what I mean by inevitable, which is the title of the book. I'm talking about long-term processes rather than particulars.”
Discussed
“And so that's, paper books will not be culturally dominant. And in fact, this book, The Inevitable, it has digital versions.”
Russ Roberts the book you wrote in 2016 the inevitable that we talked about on the program and that was a very optimisti… 1
Discussed
“the book you wrote in 2016 the inevitable that we talked about on the program and that was a very optimistic book about technology and the future”
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“and now Kevin Kelly founding executive editor of Wired Magazine former editor and publisher of the whole earth review and best-selling author of books on technology and culture including excellent advice for living the inevitable what technology wants and Vanishing Asia”
Passing
“The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future”
Plugged
“I wrote a book called The Inevitable so I am obviously biased in that general direction”
Plugged
“I wrote a book called The Inevitable”
Passing
“Other books by Kevin Kelly include Out of Control, the 1994 classic book on decentralized emergent systems; The Silver Cord, a graphic novel about robots and angels; What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology; Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia, and The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future,”
Passing
“he was last here in June of 2016 talking about his book The Inevitable”
Passing
“Most of his ideas are packaged as books, like the 2016 book called The Inevitable, Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future.”