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PBTO56: The Inevitable – Technological Forces that will Shape Our Future with Kevin Kelly

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/56_PBTO56__The_Inevitable_-_Technological_Forces_that_will_Shape_Our_Future.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Credits: Opening music credit goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli Who is on the show today: Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. His new book for Viking/Penguin is called The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a […]

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