What Technology Wants Paperback - 2011
by Kevin Kelly
Kelly's provocative work introduces a brand-new view of technology and suggests that technology as a whole is not a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies.
Summary
"More thriller than primer, this is the best technology book I have ever read." -Nicholas Negroponte, author of Being Digital
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.
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- Title What Technology Wants
- Author Kevin Kelly
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, USA
- Date 2011-09-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143120179 / 0143120174
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Technology and civilization, Technology - Social aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.483
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