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Quello Che Vuole La Tecnologia (2011)

by Kevin Kelly(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8875781842 (ISBN13: 9788875781842)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Codice Edizioni

review 1: It was interesting how technology has adapted over the years, decades and centuries, but Kevin Kelly goes on and on where you tend to forget his thesis. It seems like he just wrote this book just to ramble on his thoughts on the subject. If he was defending his thesis in a PHD setting, the thesis would be rejected because it's just too much random ideas with no collaboration on one thought. You really get lost in the read because one minute he is talking about how Microsoft Windows and it's million lines of coding and the next chapter, he is explaining about evolution and cells and trying to tie everything together. Very awkward to understand the complete process. The only redeeming part of the book is about the Amish and technology. This could had been a really good perso... morenal commentary, but it was poorly edited and badly executed.
review 2: It was suggested to me I read this book along with or directly after Steven Johnson's book, as they represented a kind of trajectory of thought. I think I would reiterate this advice to anybody who asked, as some of the dynamics of how Kevin Kelly's views of technology seem to coincide with Johnson's ideas about ideas quite well. The book is definitely a mind flex, forcing you to view the world in a different way, and for this reason alone it's probably worth a read. His points represent a compelling argument that are hard to argue with, but that are almost a little bit depressing, suggesting a sort of destined path for humans that isn't effected by individual efforts. If you can hold the crushing reality of the futility of your efforts at bay, the read is a good one (or maybe I'm the only one who feels like the book depicts this). The chapter that delighted me most, surprisingly, was a chapter detailing the Amish view towards technology. It's a brilliant analysis of how and why they pick what they do - and something I'd probably take a few nuggets of wisdom from. I also give this book high regards for the fact that little that was written about was "stuff I knew" - the storylines and ideas depicted were fairly unique. less

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