Kevin Kelly Quotes

American author and co-founder of Wired magazine

Kevin Kelly (born 1952) is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Catalog. Kelly is considered an expert in digital culture, and is said to have helped make technology part of popular culture.

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You can ignore any website with the word “truth” in its URL.

Getting cheated occasionally is the small price for trusting the best of everyone, because when you trust the best in others, they generally treat you best.

Don’t define yourself by your opinions, because then you can’t change your mind. Define yourself by your values.

Always demand a deadline because it weeds out the extraneous and the ordinary. A deadline prevents you from trying to make it perfect, so you have to make it different. Different is better.

We want our self-driving car to be inhumanly focused on the road, not obsessing over an argument it had with the garage.

If a young student is struggling, first thing: Check their eyesight.

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

The first thing the network economy reforms is our identity.

Children totally accept—and crave—family rules. “In our family we have a rule for X” is the only excuse a parent for setting a family policy.

Reading to your children regularly is the best school they will ever get.

Definition of reality: the fastest possible version of all the details and degrees of freedom present.

Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art begins in what is broken.

Every opportunity seized launches at least two new opportunities.

Always be quick to give credit, and to take blame.

Your group can achieve great things way beyond your means simply by showing people that they are appreciated.