What Technology Wants - Wikipedia

What Technology Wants is a 2010 nonfiction book by Kevin Kelly focused on technology as an ... The book invokes a giant force – the technium – which is "the greater, ... WhatTechnologyWants FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch BookbyKevinKelly WhatTechnologyWantsFirsteditionAuthorKevinKellyLanguageEnglishSubjectsCulture,Human,Life,TechnologyPublisherVikingPressPublicationdate2010Media typePrint(Hardback)Pages416ISBN978-0-670-02215-1 WhatTechnologyWantsisa2010nonfictionbookbyKevinKellyfocusedontechnologyasanextensionoflife. Contents 1Summary 2Criticism 3Editions 4Seealso 5References 6Externallinks Summary[edit] TheopeningchapterofWhatTechnologyWants,entitled"MyQuestion",chroniclesanearlyperiodintheauthor'slifeandconveysasenseofhowhewentfrombeinganomadictravelerwithfewpossessionstoaco-founderofWired.[1][2]Thebookinvokesagiantforce–thetechnium–whichis"thegreater,global,massivelyinterconnectedsystemoftechnologyvibratingaroundus".[3][4] InNovember2014,KellygaveaSALTtalk(SeminarsAboutLong-termThinking)fortheLongNowFoundationtitled"TechniumUnbound",[5]whereheexplainedandexpandedupontheideasfromhisbooksWhatTechnologyWantsandOutofControl. Criticism[edit] Kelly'sbookhasbeencriticizedforespousingateleologicalviewofbiologicalevolutionthatisrejectedbysomescientists,andforpromotinga"bizarreneo-mysticalprogressivism"(byJerryCoyne).[3] Editions[edit] KevinKelly.WhatTechnologyWants.NewYork,VikingPress,October14,2010,hardcover,416pages.ISBN 978-0-670-02215-1 CitiaiOSiPadEdition,WhatTechnologyWants,releasedMay2012bySemi-Linear,Inc. Seealso[edit] OutofControl Superorganism References[edit] ^Kelly,K.(2010).WhatTechnologyWantspp.1-17.NewYork:PenguinGroup. ^"WiredCo-FounderKevinKellyon'WhatTechnologyWants'".7x7BayArea.2010-10-24.Retrieved2019-12-19. ^abJerryCoyne(November5,2010)."BetterAlltheTime".TheNewYorkTimes.RetrievedDecember18,2019. ^SusanJaneGilman(October26,2010)."'WhatTechnologyWants'TracksTheTechEvolution".NPR.RetrievedDecember18,2019. ^TechniumUnbound Externallinks[edit] WhatTechnologyWantsTheTechnium. Video:KevinKellyonwhattechnologywantsNovember30,2010,TEDxAmsterdam. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_Technology_Wants&oldid=1021535377" Categories:2010non-fictionbooksAmericannon-fictionbooksPenguinBooksbooksTechnologybooksHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidata Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages ItalianoTürkçe Editlinks