Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2023-04-26
Books mentioned on #669: Kevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living
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Kevin Kelly discussed Out Of Control by Kevin Kelly. Tim Ferriss discussed Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Out Of Control
Out of Control by Kevin Kelly is a sweeping exploration of how cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and complex biological systems are converging to shape modern technology and human society.
Discussed“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.”
Where to get it
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Excellent Advice for Living
Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly is a popular book of concise maxims, rules of thumb, and wisdom covering careers, relationships, parenting, finances, and personal innovation.
Discussed“I'm holding two copies of the book. One is very, very tiny. This is a prized possession, now. I've read it probably 12 times. I have many, many notes and there are all sorts of notes in here. Excellent Advice for Living.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Excellent Advice for Living
“He's the author of the new book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier.”
Passing Out Of Control
“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,”
Passing 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,”
Passing The Inevitable
“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,”
“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,”
Passing The Silver Cord
“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,”
Passing The Silver Cord
“Next, I spent 11 years creating a huge graphic novel about angels and robots, released on Kickstarter, The Silver Cord.”
“So, he's my hero, and he just had a recent book, a biography written about him by John Markoff, The New York Times' tech writer, and Markoff's theory is — and so anyway, Stewart has been sort of at the center or at the leading edge of almost, first the beatniks, and then the hippies, and then the digital thing”