Kevin Kelly Quotes

There's nothing more addictive than being a god.

The quickest route to describing a seed's output is to sprout it.

Acquiring things will rarely bring you deep satisfaction. But acquiring experiences will.

The greatest benefit of the arrival of artificial intelligence is that AIs will help define humanity. We need AIs to tell us who we are.

Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.

Every time a closed system opens, it begins to interact more directly with other existing systems, and therefore acquires all the value of those systems.

Half the skill of being educated is learning what you can ignore.

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.

Outsiders act as employees, employees act as outsiders. New relationships blur the roles of employees and customers to the point of unity. They reveal the customer and the company as one.

If Jefferson gave you his house at Monticello, you’d have his house and he wouldn’t. But if he gave you an idea, you’d have the idea and he’d still have the idea. That weirdness is the source of our uncertainty about intellectual property today.

To signal an emergency, use the rule of 3: 3 shouts, 3 horn blasts, or 3 whistles.

Be nice to your children because they are going to choose your nursing home.

If you are stuck in life, travel to a place you have never heard of.

It is impossible for you to become poor by giving. It is impossible for you to become wealthy without giving.

A system is anything that talks to itself.