Book description
“A quintessential work of technological futurism.” – James Surowiecki, strategy + business, “Best Business Books 2017 – Innovation”
From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives
Much of what will happen…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Inevitable as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book and try to reread it every couple of years.
This book doesn’t make any specific predictions about the future but instead identifies technological trends that are inevitable.
Trends like accessing, tracking, and sharing, just to name a few. I like to think of the future as an ever-evolving entity that we get to shape. Kelly explains how technology changes in patterns that we can anticipate.
If you feel like the increasing rate of technological change is getting too fast to keep up with, then I recommend reading—and rereading—The Inevitable.
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