The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World
by Kevin Kelly
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American entrepreneur, marketing professional, SEO specialist, social media influencer, author, speaker
Recommended by 5 notable people, including Noam Chomsky and Ev Williams
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Kevin Kelly stitches anecdote, reportage, and speculative argument to cast software, markets, and networks as living ecologies. The prose favors metaphor and broad pattern-recognition, which helps when you want vivid language to explain decentralization and emergence. Expect idea-rich chapters rather than hands-on checklists. Friction appears where examples repeat and reasoning stays suggestive rather than tightly reasoned; selective illustration can feel anecdote-heavy. If you prefer step-by-step guidance or tightly cited policy detail, this will likely feel unsatisfying.
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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....
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Technology.
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