Kevin Kelly's Technium Archived Message
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Kelly coined a term called technium. In his words, “it’s the greater, global massively interconnected system of technology vibrating around us”. Some of its qualities include: Extends beyond hardware and incorporates culture, art, social institutions, and intellectual creations of all types. It’s now maturing into its own entity. The technium is “an outgrowth of the human mind,” which makes it “also an outgrowth life, and by extension it is also an outgrowth of the physical chemical self organization that first led to life.” “The technium also wants what every living system wants: to perpetuate itself, to keep itself going. And as it grows, those inherent wants are gaining in complexity and force.” https://santiagos.space/the-library/what-technology-wants-summary/ Will the Technium help us - or our elites - become as Gods or is it destined to replace us?
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