Kevin Kelly Meeting 2011-11-25
November 25th, 2011 by Wadical WeftThank you Mr. Kelly for the excellent discussion. It was quite enjoyable.
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Thank you Mr. Kelly for the excellent discussion. It was quite enjoyable.
November 29th, 2011 at 20:18
Raw notes:
technology, big, industrial, inhumane,
lived a life of self enforced poverty
saw people in Asia who lived well without technology
only should use appropriate appropriate technology
technology used to be something one person could fix and cobble together
Mr. Kelly recognized the new technologies of communication and internet
-felt an attraction to that,
-maybe technology could be an ecosystem of ideas
still was very concerned about keeping the amount of stuff in his life simple
didn’t want to get distracted by the technology
will try things and feel very free to avoid things
the Amish algorithm – not anti tech, just slow adopters and over
minimizing the amount of tech in his own life while maximizing his choices
boost technology in the pool, choose the minimum
Amish are on the way to adopting the cell phone because it isn’t bad technology
Amish choose collectively - more power to select than we do.
seeing examples of people taking technology breaks
He has met 4 families who take sabbaticals from the screen 1 day a week
He calls this “taking a break from something that is so good, it will be better the next time”
(Wad note: I got the impression that he was afraid of offending people by telling them advanced technology is something one has to take a break from occasionally.
City technology is most complex system we have
The important points:
technology gives us choices in options.
Better technology means increasing choices and options
technology is not neutral,
We are experiencing more and more technological and moral choices
Technology creates itself the same way life created itself
our minds emerged
a process of self organization says dean
an incident along the way
great arc of increasing order and possibilities
the built environment, the room, very little change in next 100 years
the search for internet intelligence
is there an emergent thought or property of the internet.
the fundamental basis on everything will be a paradox
20 sessions with people
what is the most surprising thing? International audience; not corps, church groups to investors to “educated people such as yourselves”