Book · 1994 · Artificial intelligence
Out Of Control
Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly has been mentioned in 4 episodes across 4 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 4 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Gwern Branwen (1 episode), Kevin Kelly (1 episode) and Stephen Dubner (1 episode) on Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode), Freakonomics Radio (1 episode) and My First Million (1 episode).
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My whole book was about the fact that the world of the made and the world of the born are basically the same, two faces of the same kind of dynamic.
Questions about Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly
Who has discussed Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly on podcasts?
No speaker in our archive has explicitly recommended Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly; Gwern Branwen (1 episode), Kevin Kelly (1 episode) and Stephen Dubner (1 episode) have discussed it across 4 podcasts (3 people in all).
Which podcasts mention Out Of Control the most?
Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode), Freakonomics Radio (1 episode), My First Million (1 episode) and The Tim Ferriss Show (1 episode).
Is Out Of Control recommended, or only discussed?
Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly was recommended in 0 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2026-10-23.
What do people say about Out Of Control?
Kevin Kelly on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-04-26): "My whole book was about the fact that the world of the made and the world of the born are basically the same, two faces of the same kind of dynamic."
When was Out Of Control last mentioned on a podcast?
Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly was last discussed on Freakonomics Radio by Stephen Dubner on 2026-10-23.
What they say about it
- Early and initial reception“ignored in the US”2
The best things said about it
In 1994, he published a book called Out of Control. Few years later, before shooting their film The Matrix, the Wowski siblings had Keanu Reeves and other cast members read Out of Control.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Oct 2026 In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book, which strongly features the parable of “The Library of Babel.
Out Of Control was based from a conference that was initiated by a conference I went to at Los Alamos, and Santa Fe was hosting one of the first conferences.
So I wrote a book, Out of Control, in the early '90s, that was ignored in the US. It was way too early.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
Why people recommend it
Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly is a foundational exploration of biology, technology, and social systems, famously arguing that the worlds of human creation and natural evolution share a unified dynamic. On Freakonomics Radio, Stephen Dubner discussed the 1994 publication and revealed that the Wachowski siblings required Keanu Reeves and the rest of the cast to read it prior to filming The Matrix. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, Gwern Branwen cited Kelly's book as a crucial link in the chain of literary references that eventually led him to Jorge Luis Borges and his own predictive trajectories on artificial intelligence. Kevin Kelly himself appeared on The Tim Ferriss Show, where he explained that the book originated from an early complexity conference hosted at Los Alamos and Santa Fe, noting that the text was initially ignored in the United States because it was ahead of its time. Additionally, on My First Million, a host referenced Kelly's broader economic and cultural frameworks—specifically his influential writing on the concept of accumulating a thousand true fans—as an intuitive guiding principle for modern content creators. These repeated mentions demonstrate the enduring cultural influence of Kelly's futuristic insights on modern cinema, technology theory, and independent digital media strategies.
Every mention
Gwern Branwen In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book, which strongly features the parable of “The Libr… 1
“In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book, which strongly features the parable of “The Library of Babel.””
Kevin Kelly Out Of Control was based from a conference that was initiated by a conference I went to at Los Alamos, and… 1
“Out Of Control was based from a conference that was initiated by a conference I went to at Los Alamos, and Santa Fe was hosting one of the first conferences.”
“My whole book was about the fact that the world of the made and the world of the born are basically the same, two faces of the same kind of dynamic.”
“So I wrote a book, Out of Control, in the early '90s, that was ignored in the US. It was way too early.”
Stephen Dubner In 1994, he published a book called Out of Control. Few years later, before shooting their film The Matrix,… 1
“In 1994, he published a book called Out of Control. Few years later, before shooting their film The Matrix, the Wowski siblings had Keanu Reeves and other cast members read Out of Control.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“and I was like and then I was like intuitively there's something more like um that Kevin Kelly thing the true fans thousand true fans where it's like uh he wrote this blog post that's amazing that's called a thousand true fans basically says if you can have if you can have a thousand true fans a true fan being”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I want to put in a plug for my very first book out of control which was about that entanglement”
“So I wrote a book called Out of Control that was published in 94. It was written late 80s and early 90s. And I had a whole chapter”
“Out of Control”
“over the course of his career Kevin has authored several seminal books including out of control the new biology of machines social systems and the economic world and what technology wants”
“Other books by Kevin Kelly include Out of Control, the 1994 classic book on decentralized emergent systems; The Silver Cord, a graphic novel about robots and angels; What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology; Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia, and The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future,”