{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tim O\u2019Reilly: WTF! [live]","description":"What\u2019s the Future? The \u201cOracle of Silicon Valley\u201d shares his contrarian thoughts about technology, capitalism, and preparing for the big shifts on the horizon. This week we\u2019re talking with futurist and author of the book \u201cWTF: What\u2019s the Future?\u201d Tim O\u2019Reilly. Although he\u2019s not a manufacturer himself, his insightful perspectives are useful for anyone who wants to be prepared for a future driven by technology trends. You might not have heard Tim\u2019s name before, but you probably know his work. He popularized terms like open source and Web 2.0. As an early evangelist for the maker movement, he and his firm O\u2019Reilly Media started Make Magazine and Maker Faire. And he\u2019s been an early champion of the Internet of Things. Going way back, he wrote about the world wide web before most of us ever heard about it, back in 1994. I was curious, given Tim\u2019s superpowers in identifying trends, where he thinks technology is going today and how it will impact the future of work and business. We talk about his thoughts on the role of capitalism and Silicon Valley. He also shares ideas from his book and many others (links below). I ask Tim how to predict the future, and he tells me that\u2019s the wrong question. But, he gives us excellent tips for identifying trends and some really provocative ideas about our role as entrepreneurs in developing a just and abundant world for everyone. He\u2019s a deep thinker, and it\u2019s no surprise he\u2019s been called The Oracle of Silicon Valley. This conversation was recorded live at Cross Campus in Downtown LA, as part of the LiveTalks: Business series. Books mentioned: WTF: What\u2019s the Future \u2013 Tim O\u2019Reilly Tao Te Ching \u2013 Lao Tzu Who Gets What and Why \u2013 Alvin Ross Why Nations Fail \u2013 Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson Murder in the Cathedral \u2013 TS Eliot   Quotes: \u201cThe future is here, just not evenly distributed\u201d \u2013 William Gibson \u201cSocial Responsibility of a business is to Increase its Profits\u201d \u2013 Milton Friedman   Learn more: http:\/\/oreillymedia.com @timoreilly   Tim O\u2019Reilly has a history of convening conversations that reshape the computer industry. If you\u2019ve heard the term \u201copen source software\u201d or \u201cweb 2.0\u201d or \u201cthe Maker movement\u201d or \u201cgovernment as a platform\u201d or \u201cthe WTF economy,\u201d he\u2019s had a hand in framing each of those big ideas. He is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of O\u2019Reilly Media, and a partner at early stage venture firm O\u2019Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV). He is also on the boards of Maker Media (which was spun out from O\u2019Reilly Media in 2012), Code for America, PeerJ, Civis Analytics, and PopVox. His book, WTF: What\u2019s the Future and Why It\u2019s Up to Us, was released by Harper Collins in October 2017.   For more information, check out the show notes at http:\/\/makeitinla.org\/timoreilly. ","author_name":"The Art of Manufacturing","author_url":"http:\/\/artofmfg.com","html":"