I’m really enjoying Kevin Kelly’s new book – What Technology Wants. Here are some of the tenets. Available from Amazon

• Technology is the most powerful force on the planet.
• Technology is an extension of evolutionary life, best thought of as the 7th kingdom of life.
• Humanity is our first technology; We are tools.
• Technology is selfish; as a system it exhibits its own urges and tendencies.
• Technologies cannot be banned, and none go extinct.
• The progression of technologies is inevitable.
• Because technologies are inevitable we can prepare to optimize their benefits.
• Technology is not neutral but serves as an overwhelming positive force in human culture.
• We have a moral obligation to increase technology because it increases opportunities.
• The origins of technology lie in the Big Bang.
• Technology preceded humans and will continue beyond us.
• Among the things technology wants are increased diversity, complexity, and beauty.
• Technology may be as much a reflection of the divine as nature is.
• Technology is an infinite game, a grand story we can align ourselves with for greater meaning.