257 Quotes by Kevin Kelly

The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.

Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes."

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

Extrapolated, technology wants what life wants: Increasing efficiency Increasing opportunity Increasing emergence Increasing complexity Increasing diversity Increasing specialization Increasing ubiquity Increasing freedom Increasing mutualism Increasing beauty Increasing sentience Increasing structure Increasing evolvability

Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Life is the ultimate technology. Machine technology is a temporary surrogate for life technology. As we improve our machines they will become more organic, more biological, more like life, because life is the best technology for living.

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs.