What Kevin Kelly thinks about agency

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Founding executive editor of Wired and author of What Technology Wants and The Inevitable. Writes at kk.org and runs its long-running recommendation projects, True Films and Cool Tools.

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3 dated positions, c. 2010 to c. 2016, in their own words. Our reading of what Kevin Kelly has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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c. 2016

Our readingWe are moving from a world of fixed nouns to one of fluid verbs

Their wordsWe are moving away from the world of fixed nouns and toward a world of fluid verbs.

↗The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future (Viking, 2016)archive.org All 7 from this book
c. 2010

Our readingFaced with an inevitable technological future, we should prepare for it, not recoil

Their wordsWhen we spy our technological fate in the distance, we should not reel back in horror of its inevitability; rather, we should lurch forward in preparation.

↗What Technology Wants (Viking, 2010)archive.org All 6 from this book
c. 2010

Our readingWe are good at trying technologies first, not at relinquishing them

Their wordsWe are good at trying first, not good at relinquishing.

↗What Technology Wants (Viking, 2010)archive.org All 6 from this book