180: Kevin Kelly: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
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Ted Ryce
4.8 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2016
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Our world is changing fast. The explosion of digital technology will render some jobs and businesses obsolete while creating new ones. are you ready for it? In this episode, I speak with Kevin Kelly about his new book "The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future." Kevin talks about the most important skills you can develop as well as about how tech like artificial intelligence and virtual reality will change the way we play and work. We also discuss how to stay ahead in a world that this changing more rapidly than ever before. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!
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| 0:00.0 | In the field of evolutionary biology, there is a saying that it's not the strongest of the species that |
| 0:15.2 | survives nor the most intelligent it is the one most adaptable to change and that is really what today's interview is about. It's about |
| 0:26.4 | understanding our future, the technologies that are going to be shaping our world, our culture, our economic landscape. |
| 0:37.4 | And to help us with this, I've asked Kevin Kelly to be on this show today. Kevin is a futurist. He is the Senior |
| 0:47.1 | Maverick for Wired magazine which he co-founded in 1993. He is also an author of several books including the one he's going to be talking |
| 0:57.7 | about today, the inevitable, understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future. |
| 1:04.5 | And in today's interview, you're going to hear about the trends that are happening in the next |
| 1:09.5 | 10, 20, 30 years. |
| 1:11.5 | You're going to learn how the skills necessary to survive and thrive in this |
| 1:17.0 | coming modern era are going to change, and which skills you should be developing. |
| 1:23.0 | You're also going to get an in-depth education |
| 1:26.0 | about what you can do to be on top of these trends, |
| 1:30.0 | to stay flexible, to stay adaptable, so that you don't get left behind because like Kevin will tell you |
| 1:36.8 | these changes are coming. Whether you like them or not, whether you resist them or not, it's going to happen. He will also be talking to you about which jobs and businesses |
| 1:51.0 | may be in danger of going extinct, as well as the opportunities that are going to |
| 1:57.1 | emerge from these changes, from these technologies. We'll also get into virtual reality. I had the chance to |
| 2:07.0 | experiment with PlayStation virtual reality after I did this interview and it was incredibly immersive. I highly recommend you go to a |
| 2:16.1 | best buy, look for the best buys that are having PlayStation virtual reality demos. go experience it for yourself. |
| 2:25.0 | Start to understand and experience the changes that are happening and |
| 2:29.3 | understand that there are a tremendous amount of opportunities coming your way as well. |
| 2:34.4 | We'll also get into AI, artificial intelligence, and how so many people are worried |
| 2:41.3 | about a Terminator style situation where SkyNet becomes conscious and |
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