257 Quotes by Kevin Kelly

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn’t changing.

Books were good at developing a contemplative mind. Screens encourage more utilitarian thinking. A.

But the general trends of the products and services in 30 years are currently visible. Their basic forms are rooted in directions generated by emerging technologies now on their way to ubiquity. This wide, fast-moving system of technology bends the culture subtly, but steadily, so it amplifies the following forces: Becoming, Cognifying, Flowing, Screening, Accessing, Sharing, Filtering, Remixing, Interacting, Tracking, Questioning, and then Beginning.

We should really call AIs “AAs,” for “artificial aliens.” An.

The switch from “ownership that you purchase” to “access that you subscribe to” overturns many conventions. Ownership is casual, fickle. If something better comes along, grab it. A subscription, on the other hand, gushes a never-ending stream of updates, issues, and versions that force a constant interaction between the producer and the consumer.

Editorship and expertise are like vitamins for the food. You don’t need much of them, just a trace even for a large body. Too much will be toxic, or just flushed away. The.

We are morphing so fast that our ability to invent new things outpaces the rate we can civilize them.

Consumers say they don’t want to be tracked, but in fact they keep feeding the machine with their data, because they want to claim their benefits. This.

Heavily cognified, incredibly smart filters can be applied to any realm.