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From the creator of the New York Occasions bestseller The Inevitable— a sweeping imaginative and prescient oftechnology as a residing power that may broaden our particular person potential
This provocative e book introduces a brand-new view of expertise. It means that expertise as an entire is just not a jumble of wires and steel however a residing, evolving organism that has its personal unconscious wants and tendencies. Kevin Kelly seems out via the eyes of this world technological system to find “what it needs.” He makes use of vivid examples from the previous to hint expertise’s lengthy course after which follows a dozen trajectories of expertise into the close to future to challenge the place expertise is headed. This new principle of expertise gives three sensible classes: By listening to what expertise needs we are able to higher put together ourselves and our kids for the inevitable applied sciences to come back. By adopting the ideas of pro-action and engagement, we are able to steer applied sciences into their greatest roles. And by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we are able to seize its full presents. Written in clever and accessible language, this can be a fascinating, modern, and optimistic have a look at how humanity and expertise be part of to supply rising alternatives on the planet and the way expertise may give our lives better that means.
ASIN : B0043EV51W
Writer : Penguin Books (October 14, 2010)
Publication date : October 14, 2010
Language : English
File dimension : 9374 KB
Textual content-to-Speech : Enabled
Display screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Phrase Smart : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print size : 413 pages
