What Technology Wants
 First edition | |
| Author | Kevin Kelly |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Culture, Human, Life, Technology |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-02215-1 |
What Technology Wants is a 2010 nonfiction book by Kevin Kelly focused on technology as an extension of life.
Summary[edit]
The opening chapter of What Technology Wants, entitled "My Question", chronicles an early period in the author's life and conveys a sense of how he went from being a nomadic traveler with few possessions to a co-founder of Wired.[1][2] The book invokes a giant force – the technium – which is "the greater, global, massively interconnected system of technology vibrating around us".[3][4]
In November 2014, Kelly gave a SALT talk (Seminars About Long-term Thinking) for the Long Now Foundation titled "Technium Unbound",[5] where he explained and expanded upon the ideas from his books What Technology Wants and Out of Control.
Criticism[edit]
Kelly's book has been criticized for espousing a teleological view of biological evolution that is rejected by some scientists, and for promoting a "bizarre neo-mystical progressivism" (by Jerry Coyne).[3]
Editions[edit]
- Kevin Kelly. What Technology Wants. New York, Viking Press, October 14, 2010, hardcover, 416 pages. ISBN 978-0-670-02215-1
- Citia iOS iPad Edition, What Technology Wants, released May 2012 by Semi-Linear, Inc.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kelly, K. (2010). What Technology Wants pp. 1-17. New York: Penguin Group.
- ^ "Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly on 'What Technology Wants'". 7x7 Bay Area. 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ a b Jerry Coyne (November 5, 2010). "Better All the Time". The New York Times. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Susan Jane Gilman (October 26, 2010). "'What Technology Wants' Tracks The Tech Evolution". NPR. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ Technium Unbound
External links[edit]
- What Technology Wants The Technium.
- Video: Kevin Kelly on what technology wants November 30, 2010, TEDx Amsterdam.