# Kevin Kelly **Kevin Kelly** is an American writer, editor and technology thinker associated with *Wired*, *Out of Control*, *What Technology Wants* and the concept of the **technium**, the interdependent system of technologies considered at ecosystem scale. ## Technological evolution Kelly argues that technological systems exhibit tendencies analogous to biological evolution, including increasing complexity, specialization and mutual dependence. His claim that technology is “an extension of evolution, as evolution accelerated” is a philosophical and systems thesis, not evidence that individual products or outcomes are predetermined. ## Corpus route [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] places Kelly beside [[wiki/Ray Kurzweil|Ray Kurzweil]] and [[wiki/W. Brian Arthur|W. Brian Arthur]] as three distinct routes into [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]]. ## See Also [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]], [[wiki/W. Brian Arthur|W. Brian Arthur]], [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts <!-- BEGIN NO RETREAT INTEGRATION 2026-10-03 REMINDERS --> > “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* [[reminders/Evolution/Technology Is Evolution Accelerated by Kevin Kelly|Technology Is Evolution Accelerated by Kevin Kelly]] <!-- END NO RETREAT INTEGRATION 2026-10-03 REMINDERS -->