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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 173 - Kevin Kelly: The One Skill Everyone Needs For The Future

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

I spoke to Kevin Kelly. He's the founding editor of Wired magazine and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, "The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future." He's a futurist. There are only a few people I trust with predictions about the future. He's one of them. "Tracking is coming. AI is coming. Robots are coming," he says on today's podcast. The future is here. "We can mold it to make it work for us, but we're not going to be able to stop it, or be afraid of it, or be scared of it." On today's podcast, he tells you what to expect. He reveals "the inevitable." And what to do about it now. This episode is not just about what we "know" is coming in the future. It answers the one question we'll never stop asking: "Then what?" It's the question that makes us panic until we find the playground. Or the right woman. We look around, worried, unable to see the small joys. Two men sharing photos of their families. A woman leaning forward to hear her friend better. She's not alone. The trees shake and I'm breathing. Then what? More life. We trip someone by accident, make a small joke, they don't laugh and then the stock market crashes. listen to my interview with Kevin Kelly to hear 5 ways to be on the right side of the future and: Kevin Kelly's techniques to predicting the future - [4:39]  How to discover where there's "a need" for innovation [16:16]  Kevin Kelly's predictions for 100 years from now... and 1,000 years from now [26:08]  Learn how to create a business built around the latest innovations [47:00]  Find out the next biggest platform [52:50] "One of the most valuable things you could do today..." [1:02:43] Plus my latest advice for getting 7 streams of income  [1:05:05] ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:11.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.4

You want to embrace things rather than try and fight them.

0:19.2

Work with things rather than try and run for them or prohibit them.

0:24.4

So tracking is coming, AI is coming, robots are coming.

0:27.8

Accept that it's coming and then work with it.

0:31.2

The best way to change technology is by embracing it.

0:34.8

What should I do now today to dip my toes into this stream of the future that's coming along?

0:50.6

So I've got Kevin Kelly once again on the podcast.

0:53.2

Kevin, welcome to the show.

0:55.2

It's my pleasure to be here.

0:56.7

And now we're doing it in person.

0:57.7

Last time you were on the podcast, we did it over Skype.

1:00.5

And I always like doing these in person.

1:02.9

This is the first time we're meeting.

1:04.3

But I have to tell you, and again, by way of bio, I'll just say you were the founding editor of Wired.

1:09.8

You worked on the whole Earth catalog.

1:11.8

You have done a million interesting things then since then you've had such an eclectic career.

1:16.6

The last time you were on the podcast, we talked about your graphic novel, The Silver Cord.

1:20.4

If people go to kk.org, they see a million of your intelligent, like genius posts,

1:26.9

you were the, I always refer to the Thousand True Fans blog posts that you have,

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