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Kevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living | The Tim Ferriss Show

Kevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living | The Tim Ferriss Show

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Kevin Kelly

“He's the author of the new book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier. I have a lot to say about this book.”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

Out of Control

Kevin Kelly

“Other books by Kevin Kelly include Out of Control, the 1994 classic book on decentralized emergent systems”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

The Silver Cord

Kevin Kelly

“The Silver Cord, a graphic novel about robots and angels; What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

What Technology Wants

Kevin Kelly

“What Technology Wants, a robust theory of technology; Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Vanishing Asia

Kevin Kelly

“Vanishing Asia, his 50-year project to photograph the disappearing cultures of Asia, and The Inevitable”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Kevin Kelly

“The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, a New York Times bestseller.”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

1,000 True Fans

Kevin Kelly

“The most popular thing I've ever written: 1,000 True Fans.”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“I would not have been able to write The 4-Hour Workweek had I not taken this advice. I was totally stuck on an entire section.”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Whole Earth Catalog

Stewart Brand (inferred)

“He invented The Whole Earth Catalog in 1969, and the best way to describe The Whole Earth Catalog is it was kind of like your information guide to the world”— Kevin Kelly
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Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand

John Markoff

“he just had a recent book, a biography written about him by John Markoff, The New York Times' tech writer”— Kevin Kelly
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The Population Bomb

Paul Ehrlich

“He was a biologist for a study with Paul Ehrlich, who was The Population Bomb guy on the other side of this argument about population.”— Kevin Kelly
ProductReferenced

Merlin

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (inferred)

“right now, on my phone, I have Merlin, which will identify a bird song. I have Seek, which will identify almost any plant or mushroom.”— Kevin Kelly
ProductReferenced

Seek

iNaturalist (inferred)

“I have Seek, which will identify almost any plant or mushroom. That's what we needed.”— Kevin Kelly
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Encyclopedia of Life

“we're still only beginning to have a central, integrated, comprehensive, complete catalog of what we do know, and it's called the Encyclopedia of Life”— Kevin Kelly
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Midjourney

Midjourney (inferred)

“I tend to go to Midjourney still. Midjourney for those who don't, has a very curious interface. It's a Discord channel.”— Kevin Kelly
ProductReferenced

Procreate

Savage Interactive (inferred)

“the year before that, I did a piece of art every day on my iPad with Procreate.”— Kevin Kelly
ProductReferenced

ChatGPT

OpenAI (inferred)

“I'm actually using the chatbots to help write. Tim Ferriss: Chatbots. ChatGPT. Kevin Kelly: Yes, ChatGPT, Bing, and stuff, and Google.”— Kevin Kelly
MediaReferenced

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery (inferred)

“If you were interested Anne of Green Gables, okay, we're going to go to Nova Scotia and visit all the Anne of Green Gables sites.”— Kevin Kelly
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Getting Things Done

David Allen

“I was telling us to David Allen of all people, who was the Getting Things Done guy.”— Kevin Kelly