Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of "Wired" magazine, reveals how pioneers in virtual reality are transforming entertainment. 

Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine, argues that the transistor is America's Greatest Innovation.

We may need to adapt to the idea that our technology could someday truly have a mind of its own.

Tech writer and Wired magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly has a new book. It’s called “What Technology Wants” — and even more intriguing than the title are the ideas inside. One chapter in particular that’s been getting a lot of buzz is about Amish hackers. Yes, you read that right: The same Amish famed for their barns and bonnets, in fact, know a thing or two about technology.

Kelly joins us to explain more about that, and some other surprising theories about how technology works, and what it wants.

Kevin Kelly, former executive editor of Wired magazine, discusses his brand-new view of technology, and explains how technology can give our lives greater meaning. In What Technology Wants he suggests that technology is a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies, and by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts.