What Technology Wants

Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor from its inception until 1999. He has just completed a book for Viking/Penguin publishers called "What Technology Wants," due out in the Fall 2010. He is also editor and publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets half a million unique visitors per month. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers' Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. He authored the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy and the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control.

出版者:Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

作者:[美] Kevin Kelly

页数:416

出版时间:2010-10-14

价格:USD 27.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780670022151

图书标签:技术互联网哲学未来Tech思维kk政治学、人类学与社会科学

A refreshing view of technology as a living force in the world.

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 pro-action 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 fascinating, innovative, and optimistic look at how humanity and technology join to produce increasing opportunities in the world and how technology can give our lives greater meaning.

读后感

这两天停电正好把KK《科技需要什么？》看完了，感觉就是一个科技文化谜米倒腾了一整本书，虽然知识面看起来很广，其实错误不少，且不说译者把technology译成科技（其实很明显就是技术元素），当然KK自己都弄不清楚自己到底是在说科学还是技术或者科技文化，而诸如“硅，碳的同...  

最近“致青春”很火，套用网上一个哥们的话来说：对我们这些长的丑的人来说只有大学没有青春。既然没有青春可致，那么我们就换个话题：聊聊生命！然而"生命赋予每个人只有一次，人的一生应该这样度过……"，很多年前读到这段的时候，我也难以理解保哥，丫怎么就跟打了鸡血似的...  

这是我看的第二本KK的书。第一本自然是失控了。为什么会去看失控呢？因为出版社的噱头打得好啊——龌龊司机兄弟拍黑客帝国的时候要求演员必看书目。 以90年代的眼光看，失控是本很牛逼的书。 以10年代的眼光看，失控依然是本牛逼的书。 能写出二十年都不过时的经典作品的作...  

这是我看的第二本KK的书。第一本自然是失控了。为什么会去看失控呢？因为出版社的噱头打得好啊——龌龊司机兄弟拍黑客帝国的时候要求演员必看书目。 以90年代的眼光看，失控是本很牛逼的书。 以10年代的眼光看，失控依然是本牛逼的书。 能写出二十年都不过时的经典作品的作...  

最近“致青春”很火，套用网上一个哥们的话来说：对我们这些长的丑的人来说只有大学没有青春。既然没有青春可致，那么我们就换个话题：聊聊生命！然而"生命赋予每个人只有一次，人的一生应该这样度过……"，很多年前读到这段的时候，我也难以理解保哥，丫怎么就跟打了鸡血似的...  

用户评价

只有颠覆并扩展思想的书才是好书

失控之后，KK再次梳理理论脉络。东西网连载阅读http://dongxi.net/book/WhatTechnologyWants

真没想到我真的把这书的原版啃完了！这是一本很有意思的探讨过去和未来的书。以创造更多可能性为基础的论点也很有意思。推荐读一读。

"最终翻译还是没能选上我，CV太不impressive"

感触比较多，有效信息太少