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What Technology Wants
by Kevin Kelly
Kelly's argument that technology is a living system with its own tendencies, the technium, and how to steer with it. Philosophical and generous.
Read it if…
you want a philosophy of technology.
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Skip it if…
you want practical advice.
Try instead: How to Create a Mind →
Three things you will actually use
- Technology has tendencies.
- Choose with discernment, like the Amish.
- Expand options for others.
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Read the chapter on the Amish hackers.
Our verdict
The technium.
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