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A 70th birthday gift
Kevin Kelly’s 103 bits of advice he wished he known when he was younger
Mr Kelly’s 70th birthday crossed my path from several sources last week, which immediately made me curious. I’d bumped into him before, but it was only when I started researching, that I realised what a good egg he was. It also gave me an idea for a theme (not every week), to uncover more good eggs and dedicate the week’s letter to reveal why they deserve our attention.
Who is Kevin Kelly?
Mr Kelly is a nerd, he freely admits it. He’s also a nomadic photojournalist, conservationist and self-described, technology optimist. If you had any interest in the internet back in the nineties, Wired magazine, which he cofounded and edited for the first seven years, was a bit of a monthly bible. His greatest work has arguably been published since, although he still finds time to remain an occasional contributor to the magazine.
Vanishing Asia is his 3-volume, 40 year photography project through 35 countries documenting the disappearing cultures of Asia. The Long Now Foundation, which he co-chairs, is a non-profit encouraging long-term thinking based on a 10,000 year timespan, the length of time civilisation has been around, or as the foundation prefers to call it…
