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Overview

In the book “The Inevitable”, Kevin Kelly explores 12 technological forces that will shape our future.

In this context, inevitability means that the trend is going to happen no matter what. Technological developments favor certain functions and behaviors. However, even with inevitable forces at work, people can still do a lot to impact the future of these trends. For example, it was inevitable that mobile phones would become ubiquitous; however they were not bound to look like iPhones. Corporations and consumers shaped them into their present form.

The forces shaping the future are becoming, cognifying, flowing, screening, accessing and sharing. These forces help explain how digital technology is changing our world. However, we need to be aware of these changes and take steps to make sure that they’re positive for everyone.

The future is not to be feared. We can use artificial intelligence for good, and we can control it so that it doesn’t hurt us or enslave us. Instead, the future is a time of great possibility when we have power over technology and how it affects our lives.

Key Takeaways

The ability for technologies to communicate with each other is critical. If they can’t connect, then they’re not likely to exist in the future. Those who try to stop trends will be left behind or endangered by them. The global technology revolution is being driven by users and not corporations or governments.

The process of acquiring a product is becoming more important than the acquisition itself. Access to information and services is becoming more valuable than owning those same things. Artificial intelligence will be vital in the technological revolution, as it accelerates progress faster than ever before. Sharing data on cloud-based platforms will allow for smaller devices that can easily interact with humans, making them more intuitive and empathetic.

With the internet, people can ask and answer questions in forums. This allows curiosity to be satisfied more than ever before.

Key Takeaway 1: The facility with which technologies can connect and communicate with each other is what defines their likelihood of existing in the future.

Without the internet, computers wouldn’t be as useful. The more that computer-driven technologies communicate with each other, the better they can serve us. Devices that don’t communicate well will become obsolete or useless over time.

In the past, an internet-connected collar was useful enough to tell people where a dog belonged and how to contact its owner. It could also track the dog’s location or tell owners when it was agitated. Now, there are new products that can upgrade the entire purpose of a dog collar in completely new ways by taking advantage of internet connectivity.

Key Takeaway 2: Those people, companies, or governments that attempt to stand in the way of inevitable trends will find themselves endangered or left behind.

History has shown that people who try to suppress technology often fail. In Egypt, the 2011 revolution led by former president Hosni Mubarak is often referred to as a “Facebook Revolution” because of Facebook’s role in connecting protesters and helping them communicate with each other. However, under current president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the government has been cracking down on social media users it deems threatening. Under this regime, calls for protests continue to ring out through social media despite threats from the government and its attempts at censorship. This suggests that governments cannot block access without being accused of denying citizens their free speech rights—a criterion used by many countries when deciding whether or not they want to do business there.