Kevin KellyCyberweapons: A Real WorryThere is not too much about technology that I worry about. But one technological area I do worry a lot about is cyber war, cyber security…Jul 3, 20191Jul 3, 20191
Kevin KellyArrival of the Babel FishIn the very near future, maybe in ten years, we’ll have earpods that will do real time language translation. Someone speaks Greek to you…Jul 3, 2019Jul 3, 2019
Kevin KellyDumbsmartWe need a better word than smart. Or dumb. I’m trying to come up with the word that we’ll use to describe artificial intelligences that…Jun 21, 20191Jun 21, 20191
Kevin KellyIngenicIngenic: Content created in the same media that it is consumed in. As an example, if one uses VR tools within VR to create a VR world…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Kevin KellyProgress and the Randomized Time MachineHere is a thought experiment. I give you a ride in a time machine. It has only one lever. You can choose to go forward in time, or…May 28, 20191May 28, 20191
Kevin KellyAsian InnovationWhile there are many ways Asian cultures differ from the West, the truth is that they have much more in common that they do have in…May 21, 2019May 21, 2019
Kevin KellyThe Super-Power of ReadingI wrote this small essay for Maria Popova’s anthology The Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader. This book is a collection of…May 10, 2019May 10, 2019
Kevin KellyThe Underpopulation BombFor many years overpopulation was the Ur-worry. The prospect of too many people on a finite planet stood behind common environmental…May 9, 20197May 9, 20197
Kevin KellyVirtual Live-Action in a Virtually Real FilmThe new Disney movie Lion King marks a threshold for a new way of making a film, another step erasing the line between artifice and…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
