Kevin Kelly describes twelve inevitable forces in his most recent book “The Inevitable“. The sketch above summarizes the main insights of the first chapter on “Becoming”. Kelly is convinced that neither utopia nor the dark opposite dystopia are our destination; “Protopia” – a world with incremental improvements is a world we have already arrived. It’s hard to see because it’s becoming. I wish you a very pragmatic and optimistic start in this new week of 2017!
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