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How technology evolves

Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.

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Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Kevin Kelly packages ideas -- both other people's and his own.