Book · 2010 · Social aspects of Technology
What Technology Wants
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- podcasts
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- people
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- episodes recommend it
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Kevin Kelly's book What Technology Wants is a must read. It will change the way you see so many of these issues.
Seth Godin · Modern Wisdom · Nov 2020 Listen at 20:48 Questions about What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
Who recommends What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly on podcasts?
Ben Stewart (1 episode), Roy Bahat (1 episode) and Seth Godin (1 episode) have recommended What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly on podcasts. In all, 6 people brought it up across 5 podcasts (3 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention What Technology Wants the most?
Invest Like the Best (2 episodes), Timcast IRL (2 episodes), Big Technology Podcast (1 episode), Modern Wisdom (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
Is What Technology Wants recommended, or only discussed?
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly was recommended in 3 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 4 episodes, as of 2025-12-09.
What do people say about What Technology Wants?
Seth Godin on Modern Wisdom (2020-11-05): "Kevin Kelly's book What Technology Wants is a must read. It will change the way you see so many of these issues."
When was What Technology Wants last mentioned on a podcast?
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly was last discussed on Invest Like the Best by Patrick O'Shaughnessy on 2025-12-09.
What they say about it
- Discusses the technium concept“calls it the technium”3
- Talks about evolution“it talks about evolution”3
- Recommends the book“is a must read”2
The best things said about it
The Kevin Kelly book on this, What Technology Wants, is amazing.
You're making me think of of Kevin Kelly's great, uh book, What Technology Wants. He calls it the technium, like the like the overall mass of technology that just like is supplied by humans.
There's a really interesting book called What Technology Wants, and it talks about evolution.
It's how evolution happens in spurts and fits and stuff like that.
I love Kevin Kelly's idea of the technium. I think you're the one that turned me on to his book, What Technology Wants, where it's like this independent thing that has needs.
In his book What Technology Wants, he calls technology the technium, he says it's the seventh kingdom of life.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly is a philosophical exploration of technology as an autonomous, evolving system driven by its own inherent imperatives. Ben Stewart recommended the book on Timcast IRL to illustrate theories of human evolution, while Seth Godin endorsed it on Modern Wisdom as essential reading that alters perspectives on technological growth. Roy Bahat praised the text on Big Technology Podcast as his top recommendation, noting its argument that technology possesses its own independent drives. Patrick O'Shaughnessy discussed the work across multiple episodes of Invest Like the Best, connecting guest observations about corporate growth and service to Kelly's concept of the technium, which represents the global mass of technology sustained by humanity. On Timcast IRL, Ben Stewart and Ian Crossland returned to the book to debate how technology and evolutionary spurts are produced. Additionally, Jason Silva referenced the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, describing Kelly's view of technology as the seventh kingdom of life.
Every mention
Ben Stewart well here's the reason why i want to say that there's a really interesting book called what technology want… 2
“you think like in a book um called what technology wants and this guy was saying it's very likely that no matter how many times you rewind history and play it again”
“well here's the reason why i want to say that there's a really interesting book called what technology wants and it talks about evolution and it says there's two main camps and one is the contingency theory”
Roy Bahat And the Kevin Kelly book on this, What Technology Wants, is amazing. Right. And that's your number one reco… 1
“And the Kevin Kelly book on this, What Technology Wants, is amazing. Right. And that's your number one recommendation on your Amazon book list. Actually, just check. It is my number one recommendation on my Amazon book list.”
Seth Godin and you know kevin kelly's book what technology wants is a must read it will change the way you see so many… 1
“and you know kevin kelly's book what technology wants is a must read it will change the way you see so many of these issues”
Patrick O'Shaughnessy You're making me think of of Kevin Kelly's great, uh book, What Technology Wants. He calls it the technium,… 2
“You're making me think of of Kevin Kelly's great, uh book, What Technology Wants. He calls it the technium, like the like the overall mass of technology that just like is supplied by humans.”
“I love Kevin Kelly's idea of the technium. I think you're the one that turned me on to his book, What Technology Wants, where it's like this independent thing that has needs.”
Ian Crossland is you actually mentioned something that's in the book what technology wants and it's how how Evolution hap… 1
“is you actually mentioned something that's in the book what technology wants and it's how how Evolution happens in spurts and and fits and stuff like that”
Jason Silva what does that say Kevin Kelly, okay, the the trippy W co-founder of wired in his book what technology want… 1
“what does that say Kevin Kelly, okay, the the trippy W co-founder of wired in his book what technology wants he calls technology the technium, he says it's the seventh Kingdom of life”
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I always love that framing that Kevin Kelly has in that book. I think the book is called What Technology Wants.”
“I love the title of this one Kevin Kelly book, What Technology Wants. And I'm curious what agents want.”
“and now Kevin Kelly founding executive editor of Wired Magazine former editor and publisher of the whole earth review and best-selling author of books on technology and culture including excellent advice for living the inevitable what technology wants and Vanishing Asia”
“What Technology Wants”
“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”
“I wrote a book called what technology wants which was primarily trying to ask this question of what are the general directions in the evolution of technology”
“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,”
“His books include What Technology Wants and New Rules for the New Economy.”