Kevin Kelly Quotes

The network economy is founded on technology, but can only be built on relationships. It starts with chips and ends with trust.

The fears that technology makes us more uniform, more commoditized are incorrect. The more we are personalized, the easier it is for the filters because we become distinct, an actualized distinction they can reckon with.

A friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.

This is true: It’s hard to cheat an honest person.

Everyone’s time is finite and shrinking. The highest leverage you can get with your money is to buy someone else’s time. Hire and outsource when you can.

The capacity to evolve must be evolved itself. Evolution has been, and will keep on, exploring the space of possible evolutions. Organisms, memes, the whole ball of wax are only evolution's way to keep evolving.

In the network economy a firm's primary focus shifts from maximizing the firm«s value to maximizing the network's value.

If you are not embarrassed by your past self, you have probably not grown up yet.

Shorten your to-do list by asking yourself “What is the worst that will happen if this does not get done?” Eliminate all but the disasters.

Remember that repair tasks take 3 times longer than expected, even when you expect them to take 3 times longer.

All the greatest prizes in life in wealth, relationships, or knowledge come from the magic of compounding interest, by amplifying small steady gains. All you need for abundance is to keep adding 1% more than you subtract on a regular basis.

Invent as many family rituals as you can handle with ease. Anything done on a schedule—large or small, significant or silly—can become a ritual. Repeated consistently, small routines become legendary. Anticipation is key.

Expertise now resides in fanatical customers. The world's best experts on your product or service, don't work for your company. They are your customers, or a hobby tribe.

See that old person taking forever in line? That is the future you. Have patience.

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