BTC128: Evolving w/ the Technium w/ Kevin Kelly (Bitcoin Fundamentals)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Preston Pysh interviews the author of one of his favorite books of all time, Kevin Kelly. Kevin is the founding editor of the global brand Wired Magazine. In this episode, they talk about all the interesting ideas about technology, AI, where it’s going, and more.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:12 - What is the Technium and how did Kevin come to understand the term?

02:12 - Why are ecosystems NOT in equilibrium?

06:28 - What are Kevin's thoughts on AI helping biology and longevity research?

14:06 - Thoughts about Kevin's new book, "Excellent Advice for Living".

24:19 - How does technology have its own evolution?

24:19 - Does Biology seek efficiency and is that what we are trying to accomplish with technology?

44:19 - Kevin's experience with the 10,000 year clock.

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Kevin's New Book, Excellent Advice for Living.
Kevin's book, What Technology Wants.
Kevin's Twitter.

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0:00.0	You're listening to TI-P.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast.
0:07.4	So this week's show is a little different than most because I got an opportunity to interview
0:11.4	one of the authors of one of my favorite books of all time and that's Mr. Kevin Kelly.
0:16.5	Kevin is the founding editor of the Global Brand Wired magazine.
0:21.1	When I read Kevin's book What Technology Wants for the first time, I immediately went back
0:27.0	and reread the book two times in a row, which I don't normally do.
0:31.8	The book was just that good.
0:33.9	This book was written back in 2010.
0:37.7	Kevin has a new book out. It's called Excellent Advice for Living.
0:40.8	We talk about it. We talk about his old book.
0:44.0	We talk about all sorts of things in this interview.
0:46.7	This was really a lot of fun for me.
0:49.6	All these interesting ideas about technology where it's going, especially right now with AI.
0:54.3	We get into some of that.
0:56.2	So here's my chat with the one and only Mr. Kevin Kelly.
1:03.0	You're listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by the Investors Podcast Network.
1:08.7	Now for your host Preston Pish.
1:21.8	Hey everyone, welcome to the show.
1:23.5	I am super pumped for today's interview. Kevin Kelly, like I said in the introduction,
1:29.1	is here with us. Kevin, welcome to the show.
1:31.0	Hey, it's really great to be here. Thank you so much for inviting me. I really appreciate it.
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