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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic Worldby Kevin Kelly
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In a book about the marriage of the born and the made — the biologicalization of everything from computers to government — the executive editor of Wired chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things. Review:"...the best of an important new genre. The book offers a pointed reminder that self organization...is the essence of innovation, progress, and life itself. These are eternal ideas — and ideas whose time has come." Forbes ASAP Review:"...represents an attempt to comprehend the possible future evolution of everything. This is the wonderful sort of subject which can quickly transform a reader's idle curiosity into an obsessive craving for more knowledge and imaginative interpretation. Kelly offers plenty of both, with hackle-raising enthusiasm, eloquence, and even that scientific rarity, a sense of humor." London Spectator Synopsis:Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-500) and index. About the AuthorKevin Kelly is Executive Editor of Wired, the new bible of the techno-culture. Formerly Publisher and Editor of Whole Earth Review, he has been instrumental in helping launch a number of cultural innovations: The Hacker's Conference; Cyberthon; the first virtual-reality jamboree; and the WELL, model way station on the information superhighway.
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