What Technology Wants

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Penguin, Sep 27, 2011 - Technology & Engineering - 416 pages
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Inevitable— a sweeping vision of technology as a living force that can expand our individual potential 

 

In this provocative book, one of today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or "what it wants." Kevin Kelly offers a dozen trajectories in the coming decades for this near-living system. And as we align ourselves with technology's agenda, we can capture its colossal potential. This visionary and optimistic book explores how technology gives our lives greater meaning and is a must-read for anyone curious about the future.

 

Contents

ORIGINS
11
Inventing Ourselves
21
History of the Seventh Kingdom
43
The Rise of Exotropy
57
IMPERATIVES
67
Deep Progress
85
Ordained Becoming
103
Convergence
131
Lessons of Amish Hackers
217
1
225
21
368
235
391
57
392
73
393
131
394
157
396

Listen to the Technology
157
Choosing the Inevitable
175
CHOICES
176
The Unabomber Was Right
191

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About the author (2011)

Kevin Kelly is the cofounder of Wired magazine and was its executive editor for its first seven years. He has written for The New York Times, The Economist, Science, Time, and The Wall Street Journal. His previous books include the bestselling New Rules for the New Economy.

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