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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

What we're living in a time which the landscape is changing quickly.

Thanks to technology, steady jobs provided a living for our fathers and grandfathers no longer exist.

And jobs that didn't exist 10 years ago are now providing paychecks for hundreds of thousands of people.

And even the way we consume as change in the past 10 years thanks to streaming digital services and rental services like Uber and Airbnb.

But where are these technological trends taking us? How will they shape the future in 10, 20, and even 30 years down the road?

When my guest today has written a book where he lays out his idea what the future looks like. His name is Kevin Kelly.

He's the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine in the former editor of the whole Earth catalog.

He's also a consultant on minority report as a futurist and he spent his career thinking and writing about how technology, particularly the web,

how it intersects with culture, business, and politics. And in his latest book, The Inevitable, Kevin takes a look at 12 technological forces that are shaping our future and provides a glimpse of what that future might look like.

Today on the show, Kevin and I discussed the process he uses in making predictions about the future.

The misconceptions he thinks people have about artificial intelligence. Why people are likely going to own less stuff in the future and the business opportunities that will emerge as the time marches on.

We also discuss the technological trends that worry Kevin the most.

So if you're looking for a roadmap to navigate the brave new world we're entering. You don't want to miss this podcast after the show's over. Check out the show notes at a.m..

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Kevin Kelly, welcome to the show.

Hey, it's my pleasure. Thanks for inviting me. I'm really excited to have you here because you came out of the new book called The Inevitable.

And it's all about the 12 technological forces that are shaping our future. And before we get into the specifics of your book, let's talk about your career in general, because it's fascinating.

You worked for Whole Earth magazine. You were the founding executive editor of Wired magazine. So you've been spending your career thinking and writing about technology, particularly the web.

And how it's influencing culture, economics, business, law, governments, etc.

And oftentimes you make predictions about where you see these trends are going to take us.

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