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Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly
Founding Executive Editor of Wired Magazine

Author of What Technology Wants

Noblis Technology Tuesdays
October 19, 2010


 

Most of us have a love/hate relationship with new inventions—take the "crackberry," for example. In What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly declares this conflict as inherent to all technology. But he also argues that technology is an extension of life—and an acceleration of the mind. Technology is not anti-nature, but rather the “seventh kingdom” of life: it now shares with life certain biases, urges, needs and tendencies.


 

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Kevin Kelly's book: What Technology Wants

Kevin Kelly helped launch Wired magazine and was its executive editor for nearly seven years. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. His previous books include Out of Control and the bestselling New Rules for a New Economy. He lives in Pacifica, California.

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