Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995), New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)
“Technology is not simply additive; it is more often exponential. An invention usually triggers other inventions.”
April 1, 2001, First Arab Conference on Arabizing the Internet, Amman, Jordan.
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