# Technology Is Evolution Accelerated by Kevin Kelly > “The tendency of technologies are the same tendencies we see in evolution because it is, in fact, an extension of evolution, as evolution accelerated.” > **— Kevin Kelly**, *2023, Design Matters* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source and full wording:** [Design Matters: Kevin Kelly](https://www.printmag.com/podcasts/2023/design-matters-kevin-kelly/) — PRINT Magazine publishes the complete interview transcript and this continuous sentence from Kelly's answer. - **Article use:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] cites this statement in its evolutionary account of technology. Kelly describes technological development as an accelerated continuation of evolutionary tendency while later distinguishing broad trajectories from contingent products. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Kevin Kelly|Kevin Kelly]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Kevin Kelly|Kevin Kelly]] - [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] - [[wiki/W. Brian Arthur|W. Brian Arthur]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The tendency of technologies are the same tendencies we see in evolution because it is, in fact, an extension of evolution, as evolution accelerated.” — Kevin Kelly, 2023, Design Matters https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kevin-kelly-technology-evolution-accelerated ```