Kevin Kelly Quotes

The first thing the network economy reforms is our identity.

If machines knew as much about each other as we know about each other (even in our privacy), the ecology of machines would be indomitable.

The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.

To move through a place you may not be permitted, act like you belong there.

Consumers say they don’t want to be tracked, but in fact they keep feeding the machine with their data, because they want to claim their benefits.

By 2050 most truck drivers won’t be human. Since truck driving is currently the most common occupation in the U.S., this is a big deal.

First, always ask for what you want. Works in relationships, business, life.

Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points.

As Marshall McLuhan observed, the first version of a new medium imitates the medium it replaces. The first commercial computers employed the metaphor of the office. Our screens had a “desktop” and “folders” and “files.” They were hierarchically ordered, like much of the industrial age that the computer was overthrowing.

If nobody else does what you do, you won’t need a resume.

Many fail to finish, but many more fail to start. The hardest work in any work is to start. You can’t finish until you start, so get good at starting.

When you are stuck, sleep on it. Give your subconscious an assignment while you sleep. You’ll have an answer in the morning.

Interview your parents while they are still alive. Keep asking questions while you record. You’ll learn amazing things. Or hire someone to make their story into an oral history, or documentary, or book. This will be a tremendous gift to them and to your family.

Most overnight successes — in fact, any significant successes — take at least 5 years. Budget your life accordingly.

You owe everyone a second chance, but not a third.