This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology. It suggests that technology as a whole is not a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies. Kevin Kelly looks out through the eyes of this global technological system to discover "what it wants." He uses vivid examples from the past to trace technology's long course and then follows a dozen trajectories of technology into the near future to project where technology is headed. This new theory of technology offers three practical lessons: By listening to what technology wants we can better prepare ourselves and our children for the inevitable technologies to come. By adopting the principles of proaction and engagement, we can steer technologies into their best roles. And by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts. Written in intelligent and accessible language, this is a fascinatin

1952年，凱文•凱利齣生於美國東北部賓夕法尼亞州。19歲，他從羅得島大學退學。接下來，他做瞭8年左右的獨立攝影師，去過亞洲十幾個國傢。1979年，27歲的時候，凱利去中東的耶路撒冷，在哪裏成為基督徒。之後，他騎自行車穿越美國大陸。然後，《連綫》開始進入KK生命，並以一種預告未來的方式切入時代脈搏。凱文•凱利參與創建《連綫》雜誌，在前7年裏擔任執行主編。他在《紐約時報》、《經濟學人》、《科學》、《時代》和《華爾街日報》以及其他許多齣版物上發錶文章。已齣版著作包括暢銷書《失控》和《新經濟的新規則》。