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The Art of Charm

559: Kevin Kelly | Inevitable Future

The Art of Charm

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4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2016

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is the founding editor of Wired magazine and, most recently, author of The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. The Cheat Sheet: Technology is an extension of the natural process of evolution. What's driving technology; what will the future look like? Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the biggest thing since electricity. Ways humanity will interact with future technology and AI -- and how it will change our lives in ways we can scarcely imagine. How technology will actually make us better humans. And so much more... Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Avoid trips to the post office with Stamps.com -- The Art of Charm listeners get a postal scale and $55 of postage for free here! Working with other people? Struggling to keep everyone on the same page? We use Basecamp 3 at The Art of Charm, and it's the only platform you're going to need to organize all of your company's projects and communication in one place -- Art of Charm listeners can try Basecamp 3 for free here! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/kevin-kelly-inevitable-future-episode-559/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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I mean, hey, I can be very creative. We know that right now. It's going to be very creative.

0:03.8

There's this myth that it's not creative. Well, it's very creative, but it's creative in a different way.

0:08.5

And we're going to use that creativity. There'll be designers and other people who will use our creativity of AI,

0:14.4

but it's not going to be creative in the way humans are creative.

0:19.8

Hey everybody, welcome to the Art of Charm. I'm your host Jordan Harbinger. Today, I'm talking with Kevin Kelly,

0:25.9

founding editor of Wired magazine and author of The Inevitable,

0:29.8

understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future.

0:33.5

You should listen to this if you're interested in knowing what's driving technology and what our future will look like.

0:38.8

Why artificial intelligence or AI is the biggest thing since electricity? Yes, electricity.

0:45.4

And the ways humanity, this means you and I will interact with technology, AI, and how this will change our lives in ways we can

0:51.8

scarcely imagine right now, both good and bad. And last but not least, how technology will actually make us better humans.

0:59.4

So enjoy this one with Kevin Kelly. And by the way, if you're new to the show, we'd love to send you some of our top episodes and the AOC toolbox,

1:06.3

where we discuss topics like body language, nonverbal communication, persuasion, networking, negotiation, mentorship,

1:12.7

everything else we teach here at the Art of Charm. If you're in the United States, you can text charmed that CHAR,

1:18.5

MED to 3 3 4 4 4 everywhere else, just go to the Art of Charm.com also at the Art of Charm.com slash podcast.

1:25.4

You can find the full show notes for this and all previous episodes. All right, here's Kevin Kelly.

1:33.0

First of all, the book I read, which I really enjoyed. It's cool to look at predictions for things because

1:39.6

me and my girlfriend who you just met, would like to say, wait, in the future, this is probably going to be different.

1:45.0

And here's how it's going to be different. And it's always really simple stuff and seldom do we think,

1:49.7

and then it's going to be like this. And then it's going to be like that. We kind of predicted, for example, that self-driving cars will obviously be ubiquitous in the future,

1:57.8

but the kind of late 21st century gun nuts, if you will, will be the people who say, I have right to drive my car.

2:03.6

Even though the accident rate is so much higher and they'll have arguments like, well, it's safer because humans don't make the same

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