<nettime-ann> Fwd: [SALT] Digital inevitabilities next THURSDAY July 14

We’re at just the beginning of the beginning of the digital world for humanity, says Kevin Kelly. But some deep trends have already emerged that can reliably be conjured with and braced for. Kelly calls them inevitable.

The internet was inevitable, he says, but Wikipedia was not. Smart phones were inevitable, the iPhone not. The twelve deepest trends he lables: Becoming; Cognifying; Flowing; Screening; Accessing; Sharing; Filtering; Remixing; Interacting; Tracking; Questioning; and Beginning.

Kevin Kelly is the author of Out of Control, New Rules for the New Economy, Cool Tools, What Technology Wants, and now, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. He is one of the founding board members of The Long Now Foundation.

[NOTE: Different venue this time! We’re back in the renovated and great Herbst Theater on Van Ness, just a couple blocks from our usual SFJazz.]

"The Next 30 Digital Years," Kevin Kelly, the Herbst Theater, Civic Center, San Francisco, 7pm, Thursday July 14. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm.

To be sure of a seat:
• Long Now Members can use the discount code on the Kelly Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats.
• You can purchase tickets for $15 each.
• Seminar at the Herbst Theater 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA 94102
• Tune into the live audio stream for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member for just $8 a month.
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Talks coming up:

Aug. 9 (Tue.) - Seth Lloyd, Quantum Computer Reality

Sept. 20 (Tue.) - Jonathan Rose, The Well-tempered City

Nov. 1 (Mon.) - Douglas Coupland, The Extreme Present

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