Apr 15 2008
Kevin Kelly
Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine
Kevin Kelly a technology visionary who has been reporting on the information technology revolution for the past 20 years. He was the founding Editor of Wired Magazine and is currently their Senior Maverick. In addition he is Editor and Publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets one million visitors per month and Chairman of the Board of All Species Foundation.
“The Internet like a mirror. It reflects us rather than reforms us” Kevin Kelly
From 1984-1990 he 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 helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until 1999. Kevin Kelly has no college or university degrees; however his writing appears in the New York Times, Esquire, The Economist and other periodicals. Among Kelly’s personal involvements is a campaign to make a full inventory of all living species on earth, an effort also known as the Linnaean enterprise. Earlier in life, he was a photographer in remote parts of Asia (instead of going to college), publishing his photographs in national magazines and recently in the photo art book Asia Grace.[/expand]
In his content rich and groundbreaking presentations Kevin Kelly encapsulates and demystifies the future of business and economics. He talks in depth about the ways in which new technologies and the Internet are impacting the global economy and the opportunities they are also providing. Organisations around the world are reaping rich rewards by following his visionary and innovative strategies.[/expand]
Kevin’s cutting edge presentations often bridge the gap between technology and philosophy. Unconventional in his approach, he has the ability to convey fascinating facts and his visions on the world of technology in a unique and highly thought-provoking manner. [/expand]
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Topics
The Future of Business and EconomicsThe Network Economy
Cyberculture
New Technologies
The Power of the Internet
The Future for Global Businesses
Publications
Autumn of 2010
What Technology Wants
2003
Bad Dreams
Cool Tools
2002
Asia Grace
1999
New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World
1995
Bicycle Haiku
1995
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic
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