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Kevin Kelly, born on August 14, 1952, is a seasoned editor with a broad influence in the fields of technology, culture, and art. He has held editing positions at several renowned publishing houses and brought many excellent works to readers.

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“We are infected by our own misunderstandin g of how our own minds work.”

Mind Literature Misunderstanding

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“Technology is all the accumulated usefulness that our minds invent.”

Mind Technology Usefulness

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“The daily grinding of evolution, as accelerated by technology, churns out more and more complex organisms, with higher rates of energy use, and with increasing specialization. Minds are the ideal way to express complexity, energy density, increasing specialization, expanding diversity -- all in one system. Mindedness is what evolution produces. Mindedness is what technology wants, too.”

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“My major goal in business was to learn. I had legislated in my mind for failure the worse possible scenario was I would learn a lot regardless of the outcome. This goal was the foundation for success of the business. Peldi, Balsamiq”

Mind Goal Majors Foundation Outcomes Scenarios

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“We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks.”

Thinking Mind Helping Literature Organization Managers Ceo Consultants

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“‎What color is a chameleon placed on a mirror? ... The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human world of fashion. Taken as a whole, what are fads but the response of a hive mind to its own reflection? In a 21st-century society wired into instantaneous networks, marketing is the mirror; the collective consumer is the chameleon.”

Source: Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World

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Born: August 14, 1952
Known for: Editor
Quotes: 99

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Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known EarlierRelated source material

What Technology WantsRelated source material

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic WorldRelated source material

New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected WorldRelated source material

Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological CivilizationRelated source material

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