What technology wants / Kevin Kelly.
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TextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2010.Description: 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780143120179 (pbk.)
- 0143120174 (pbk.)
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Clonmel Library Main Collection | 303.483 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100481176 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
My question -- Origins -- Inventing ourselves -- History of the seventh kingdom -- The rise of exotropy -- Imperatives -- Deep progress -- Ordained becoming -- Convergence -- Listen to the technology -- Choosing the inevitable -- Choices -- The Unabomber was right -- Lessons of Amish hackers -- Seeking conviviality -- Directions -- Technology\'s trajectories -- Playing the infinite game.
A fascinating, innovative, and optimistic look at how humanity and technology join to produce increasing opportunities in the world and how technology can give our lives greater meaning.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Kevin Kelly was born in 1952 in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Rhode Island but dropped out after one year. He became a freelance photo journalist. His photographs have appeared in several magazines including Life. In 1981, Kelly founded Walking Journal. He is a former editor of Whole Earth Review, Signal, and some of the later editions of the Whole Earth Catalog. With Whole Earth's founder, Stewart Brand, Kelly helped found the WELL, a highly regarded online community. He has been a director of the Point Foundation, which sponsored the first Hackers Conference in 1984 (before the word "hacker" had its current common, negative connotation).In 1994, Wired Magazine, for which Kelly was executive director, won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Kelly is now editor at large for the magazine. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Economist, Time, Harper's Magazine, Science, Veneer Magazine, GQ, and Esquire. He is the author of several books including What Technology Wants, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, and Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World.
(Bowker Author Biography)