Kevin Kelly
Co-founder and first executive editor of Wired; author of The Inevitable; founder of Cool Tools.
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- Kevin Kelly helped launch Wired in 1993 and was its executive editor for its first seven years.
- Before that he edited and published the Whole Earth Review, from 1984 to 1990.
- He founded the Cool Tools website and co-chairs The Long Now Foundation.
- His books include Out of Control, What Technology Wants, The Inevitable and Excellent Advice for Living.
Key facts
- Born
- 1952, Pennsylvania2
- Wired
- Co-founder; executive editor from its 1993 launch to 1999; now Senior Maverick1
- Whole Earth Review
- Publisher and editor, 1984 to 19901
- Other roles
- Founder of Cool Tools; co-chair of The Long Now Foundation; co-founder of the Hackers' Conference1
- Books
- Out of Control (1994), What Technology Wants, The Inevitable, The Silver Cord, Vanishing Asia, Excellent Advice for Living1
- Coined
- "The Technium", the whole of technology seen as a living system2
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