技术元素

by Kevin Kelly

技术元素（technium)一词是凯文凯利（KK）专门创造出来的词语。“技术元素不仅仅包括一些具象的技术（例如汽车、雷达和计算机等），它还包括文化、法律、社会机构和所有的智能创造物。”简而言之，技术元素就是从人的意识中涌现出来的一切。KK把这种科技的延伸面看成一个能产生自我动力的整体。本书继承了本书和本书的思考体系，谈到了文明进化、数字出版、免费经济、人工智能、物联网、数字化生活等热议的话题。而更深层次的是，KK希望借此讨论：技术元素的本质是什么？人类应该拥抱还是拒绝它？人类对它本身的未来发展究竟有多少把握？KK把对这些

420 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

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 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."