The Way the Future Was

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Kevlin Henney - Speaker, Writer, Author and Trainer @KevlinHenney James Lewis - Director at Thoughtworks, Coined the Term Microservices RESOURCES Kevlin https://bsky.app/profile/kevlin.bsky.social https://about.me/kevlin https://twitter.com/KevlinHenney https://linkedin.com/in/kevlin https://instagram.com/kevlin.henney https://kevlinhenney.medium.com James https://bsky.app/profile/boicy.bovon.org https://linkedin.com/in/james-lewis-microservices https://github.com/boicy https://www.bovon.org ABSTRACT The future is not what it used to be. From the end of the 19th century, through the dawn of the Atomic Age and past the rush of the Space Race, the future was painted as a place of possibility and optimism. But now? Not so much. Our view of the future lies somewhere between neutral and gloomy. Why the change? That question has come up almost every time our Program Committee has met. Back in the good old days the future was always bright. Innovation and craftsmanship was blooming. Failure not a topic. So, if the future is not what it used to be, what is it? In this keynote, PC members Kevlin Henney and James Lewis will look at the future seen through the eyes of the past. […] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:39 The way the future was 14:22 The way the future is 31:17 The way the future comes to be 41:17 The way the future could be 56:01 Outro Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3839