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Why The Future Of Technology Is Google

Yes, Google Fan Boy Alert. It’s happening now.

Look beyond the stock price. Look beyond search advertising as their printer of money. Google is a part of so many fascinating aspects of where society and technology are intersecting, that my guess is that it will soon be hard to do anything that isn’t – in some way, shape or form – connected to Google. While some may think of Skynet (and, yes, Google makes it clear in the following video that they are more than interested in real artificial intelligence), I’m still as fascinated with the company – and the many projects they’re pursuing – as I was the very first time that I did a search on the engine back in the late nineties. Earlier this week, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page took part in a fireside chat with famed venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla (who was also the co-founder of Sun Microsystems) and his annual KV CEO Summit.

Here is the full, 40 minute-plus conversation about the future of technology and Google. Buckle up!

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.