Kevin Kelly Quotes

Take one simple thing—almost anything—but take it extremely seriously, as if it is the only thing in the world—or maybe the entire world is in it—and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.

To manage yourself use your head; to manage others use your heart.

if Earth is reduced to the size of a bacteria, and inspected under high-powered optics, would it seem stranger than a virus?

In fact, the average person online today writes more words in a year than many professional writers of the past. This torrent is unedited, unmanaged, completely bottom up. And the attention given to this immense corpus of prosumer content is significant — it was sold to advertisers for $24 billion in 2015.

Being envious is a toxin. Instead take joy in the success of others and treat their success as your gain. Celebrating the success of others costs you nothing, and increases the happiness of everyone, including you.

Nearly every aspect of modern civilization has been flattening down except one: money. Minting money is one of the last jobs left for a central government that most political parties agree is legitimate. It takes a central bank to battle the perennial scourges of counterfeit and fraud. Someone has to regulate the amount of money issued, keep track of the serial numbers, ensure that the money is trusted. A robust currency requires accuracy, coordination, security, enforcement — and an institution that takes responsibility for all those. Thus behind every currency stands a watchful central bank.

Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination.

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

Avoid making any kind of important decision when you are either hungry, angry, lonely, or tired (HALT). Just halt when you are HALT.

Your golden ticket is being able to see things from other people’s point of view. This shift enables heartfelt empathy. It also allows you to persuade others and it is the key to great design. Mastering the view through the eyes of others will unlock so many doors.

Productivity, however, is exactly the wrong thing to care about in the new economy.

Your time and space are limited. Remove, give away, throw out anything that no longer gives you joy in order to make room for those that do.

You can obsess about your customers or you can obsess about beating the competition. Both work, but of the two, obsessing about your customers will take you further.

Life never falls, but never gets out of falling. It is poised in a persistent state of almost-fell.

Make others feel they are important; it will make their day and it will make your day.