We have to get better at believing the impossible. Kevin Kelly More Quotes by Kevin Kelly More Quotes From Kevin Kelly Humans are the reproductive organs of technology. Kevin Kelly organs technology humans What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing. Kevin Kelly motivation inspiration winning The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention. Kevin Kelly leadership attention sports Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical. Kevin Kelly willingness-to-learn critical important A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness. Kevin Kelly smart simple thinking All these computers, all these handhelds, all these cell phones, all these laptops, all these servers - what we're getting out of all these connections is we're getting one machine. ... We're constructing a single, global machine. Kevin Kelly phones technology cells Technology is all the accumulated usefulness that our minds invent. Kevin Kelly usefulness technology mind Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives. Kevin Kelly technological literature 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. Kevin Kelly diversity technology mind Life is the ultimate technology. Machine technology is a temporary surrogate for life technology. As we improve our machines they will become more organic, more biological, more like life, because life is the best technology for living. Kevin Kelly machines technology life-is Extrapolated, technology wants what life wants: Kevin Kelly ubiquity technology opportunity Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes." Kevin Kelly inspirational life years The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today, for the most part. Kevin Kelly tomorrow literature today Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make it better. Kevin Kelly systematic research literature Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. Kevin Kelly design body historical Wherever the Net arises, there arises also a rebel to resist human control...A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures don't happen as often. It is...fertile ground for learning, adaptation, and evolution...The only organization capable of unprejudiced growth, or unguided learning, is a network. All other topologies limit what can happen. Kevin Kelly growth organization order Why fear feedback? Why stigmatize failure in the workplace when it's bringing you closer to achieving your organizational goals. Kevin Kelly feedback workplace goal The only organization capable of unprejudiced growth, or unguided learning, is a network. All othertopologies limit what can happen Kevin Kelly growth limits organization The young are always coming up with the good ideas; it's because they waste time. They follow their passion and do something, not looking for a payoff, just doing what's interesting. Kevin Kelly passion stress time And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs. Kevin Kelly hiking journey thinking
