What Kevin Kelly thinks about optimism
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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Their wordsThere has never been a better day in the whole history of the world to invent something.
↗The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future (Viking, 2016)archive.org All 7 from this book
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Their wordsIt is the best time ever in human history to begin. You are not late.
↗The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future (Viking, 2016)archive.org All 7 from this book
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Their wordsthe technium tends to amplify the good slightly more than the evil.
↗What Technology Wants (Viking, 2010)archive.org All 6 from this book