Kevin Kelly

American author and co-founder of Wired magazine · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74

Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Review. He has also been a writer, photographer, conservationist, and student of Asian and digital culture.

Kevin Kelly is read about 102 times a day, in 16 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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2017“Definition of reality: the fastest possible version of all the details and degrees of freedom present.”In their words"The Myth of a Superhuman AI"Read the whole statement

2010“The technium is the way the universe has engineered its own self-awareness. ...”In their wordsp. 357Read the whole statement

1999“The tricks of the intangible trade will become the tricks of your trade.”In their wordsNew Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)Read the whole statement

“As tremendous as the influence of financial inventions have been, in the influence of network inventions will be as great, or greater.”In their wordsNew Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)Read the whole statement

“The dynamic of our society, and particularly our new economy, will increasingly obey the logic of networks.”In their wordsNew Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)Read the whole statement

“We are connecting everything to everything.”In their wordsNew Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)Read the whole statement

1952Born28 April 1952

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The technium expands life’s fundamental traits, and in so doing it expands life’s fundamental goodness.
2010 · p. 359, Own words
Communication - which in the end is what the digital technology and media are all about - is not just a sector of the economy. Communication IS the economy.
1999 · New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999), Own words
As the world of chips and glass fibers and wireless waves goes, so goes the rest of the world.
1999 · New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999), Own words