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Why we picked it Kelly's argument is that some technological directions carry their own momentum, so you can reason about where things are heading rather than just guessing. The book names long running forces, like flowing, filtering, and tracking, that keep producing new opportunities. It trains you to see a single trend as one instance of a deeper current.
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
From Kevin Kelly (kk.org) by Kevin Kelly 336 pages
- Some tech directions are close to inevitable even if specific products are not.
- Recurring forces keep opening the same kinds of opportunity.
- Reasoning about direction beats predicting exact products.