# The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

2 Hacker News commenters recommended The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a counterpoint to AI-future hype. Its predictions hold up only partly, by one reader's rough count.

## Why people recommend it

- Offered as counterpoint to AI hype (1 comments): "As a counterpoint, consider reading Kevin Kelly’s “The Inevitable.”" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46289167))

## What people warn about

- Predictions only partly hold up (1 comments): "this hits on maybe 8 of 16 if we are being a bit generous" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50059811))

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- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143110373?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780143110378) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly", https://hackerapproved.com/p/inevitable/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).