A mind cannot possibly consider anything beyond what it can measure or calculate; without a body it can only consider itself. Without the interruptions of hellos from the eye, ear, tongue, nose, and finger, the evolving mind huddles in the corner picking its navel.

— Kevin Kelly Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World (1999)

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)

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