The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

BooK: The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly

Timeline

• 1984 - Kevin Kelly meets Ted Nelson, inventor of Xanadu and "web of documents".
• 1989 - Kevin Kelly briefed ABC executives on possibilities of internet, but was ignored.
• 1991 - Commercial enterprises on internet were still strictly prohibited as an unacceptable use.
• 2002 - Female internet users overtook male users.

Notes

• The book is based on 12 verbs, because Kevin Kelly admits it's hard to predict what exactly the future will bring, but we know which way we're headed. The 12 verbs are Becoming,

Becoming

Kevin Kelly hops over the genesis of the internet, an