The inevitable : understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future An expert tech writer discusses the forces and trends that will revolutionize daily life through the upcoming technological advances of the next thirty years. Provided by publisher Becoming Cognifying Flowing Screening Accessing Sharing Filtering Remixing Interacting Tracking Questioning Beginning 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 in the next thirty years is inevitable driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating provocative new book Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future showing how the coming changes in our lives from virtual reality in the home to an on demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture can be understood as the result of a few long term accelerating forces. Kelly both describes these deep trends interacting cognifying flowing screening accessing sharing filtering remixing tracking and questioning and demonstrates how they overlap and are codependent on one another. These larger forces will completely revolutionize the way we buy work learn and communicate with each other. By understanding and embracing them says Kelly it will be easier for us to remain on top of the coming wave of changes and to arrange our day to day relationships with technology in ways that bring forth maximum benefits. Kellys bright hopeful book will be indispensable to anyone who seeks guidance on where their business industry or life is heading what to invent where to work in what to invest how to better reach customers and what to begin to put into place as this new world emerges. Provided by publisher