But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions. Kevin Kelly abilitycommonconstrain Change image and share on social
Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far. Kevin Kelly adaptdesignmake Change image and share on social
Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex. Kevin Kelly complexmake Change image and share on social
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 Kelly affordariseestablish share on social
But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down. Kevin Kelly authoritybottomcentral share on social
Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives. Kevin Kelly advancelivetechnological Change image and share on social
In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself. Kevin Kelly broadenvironmentindistinguishable Change image and share on social
Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment. Kevin Kelly anticipatechangeenvironment Change image and share on social
This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here. Kevin Kelly anticipateevolutionfuture share on social
The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the fact that it brought it right to your face, that you had control over it, that were confronted with it and could steer it. Kevin Kelly advancebringcompute share on social
