The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.
Kevin KellyThe most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing.
Kevin KellyClearly, we are self-made. We are the first technology. We are part inventor and part the invented
Kevin KellyThe most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably is going to be just like today, for the most part.
Kevin KellyThe only organization capable of unprejudiced growth, or unguided learning, is a network. All othertopologies limit what can happen
Kevin KellyA single thread of self generation ties the cosmos, the bios, and the technos together into one creation. Humans are not the culmination of this trajectory but an intermediary, smack in the middle between the born and the made... The arc of complexity and open-ended creation in the last four billion years is nothing compared to what lies ahead.
Kevin Kelly