Kevin Kelly Quotes

We have been surprised that coders still code without actually coding, mathematicans do not do math proofs, and writers who write without actually writing words. Our future is not job replacement but a kind of new work we have trouble imagining only a year ago.

The "I" of a vivisystem is a ghost. Like the transient form of a whirlpool held upright by a million spinning atoms of water, it can be scattered with a fingertip.

What others want from you is mostly to be seen. Let others know you see them.

If winning becomes too important in a game, change the rules to make it more fun. Changing rules can become the new game.

When you are stuck, explain your problem to others. Often simply laying out a problem will present a solution. Make “explaining the problem” part of your troubleshooting process.

I feel a deep connection to the primeval. I feel like an ancient hunter-gatherer who owns nothing as he wends his way through the complexities of nature, conjuring up a tool just in time for its use and then leaving it behind as he moves on. It is the farmer who needs a barn for his accumulation. The digital native is free to race ahead and explore the unknown. Accessing rather than owning keeps me agile and fresh, ready for whatever is next.

It’s an upgrade arms race.

About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.

If you have a good “why” to live for, no “how” will stop you.

You can eat any dessert you want if you take only three bites.

If you are out of ideas, go for a walk. A good walk empties the mind—and then refills it with new stuff.

for every expert there is an equal and opposite anti-expert.

To succeed, get other people to pay you; to become wealthy, help other people to succeed.

Decisions like to present themselves as irreversible, like a one-way door. But most deciding points are two-way. Don’t get bogged down by decisions. You can usually back up if needed.

By 2026, Google’s main product will not be search but AI.