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

来评价一本刚刚在美国发行、还没有出中文版的书籍可能有点不太适宜，但是由于和作者KK聊了两个多小时，写个东西纪念这位老人。他的所得无论对错，却似我两年硅谷生活的画龙点睛之笔。 “技术到底想要什么？” “生命想要什么，技术就想要什么。“ “你是说，技术想要的和生命...  

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...  

首先是两个基本的翻译问题。一，technology怎么翻？译者的选择是“科技”，但科技（science & technology）里的科（science）并不是修饰词，而是和技（technology）并列的另一个概念。具体到书中的用法，一方面科学方法被描述为技术发展史上的一个节点，另一方面绘画诗歌音乐舞...  

大家好，我是译者，来这里看看大家的讨论，感觉比当当强多了。唯一美中不足的是，呃，对译者的赞赏少了点。 我是人工智能、机器人的爱好者，我现在的职业也与此有关。过去曾阅读过人工智能方面的译著，加上现在翻译这本书的经历，我深刻地感受到，在西方，或者至少...  

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...  

用户评价

经过多次尝试，我发现KK在书中呈现的庞然大物和其中的哲学或者观点实在难以用简评概括。所以如果感兴趣的话，以下传送门会比较有帮助 ; ) ：http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves.html

感触比较多，有效信息太少

严重缺乏逻辑.

经过多次尝试，我发现KK在书中呈现的庞然大物和其中的哲学或者观点实在难以用简评概括。所以如果感兴趣的话，以下传送门会比较有帮助 ; ) ：http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves.html

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