The Person You Want to Be, with Eric Teplitz

Ep. 24: Futurist, Author, Maker, Tech Advocate, and Radical Optimist, Kevin Kelly

May 16, 2023 Eric Teplitz / Kevin Kelly Season 2 Episode 24
Ep. 24: Futurist, Author, Maker, Tech Advocate, and Radical Optimist, Kevin Kelly
The Person You Want to Be, with Eric Teplitz
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The Person You Want to Be, with Eric Teplitz
Ep. 24: Futurist, Author, Maker, Tech Advocate, and Radical Optimist, Kevin Kelly
May 16, 2023 Season 2 Episode 24
Eric Teplitz / Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is a person of restless curiosity and an avid maker of things.

As a child, he built a model railway and a nature museum in his basement. Since then he has gone on to build a house, small mail-order businesses, and an adventurous life filled with travel and many unexpected twists and turns. He has taken innumerable photographs, co-founded WIRED Magazine, authored a number of books, and he creates a new piece of art every day.

His most recent book is a collection of 450 pithy bits of advice on a wide range of subjects called  Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier.

Referenced in this episode, and highly recommended:
This American Life segment, "Die in Six Months": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/50/shoulda-been-dead/act-one
This I Believe, "The Universe is Conspiring to Help Us": https://www.npr.org/2008/01/27/18463814/the-universe-is-conspiring-to-help-us

Kevin Kelly Links:
Website: https://kk.org/
Free newsletter: https://www.recomendo.com/
"Excellent Advice" book: https://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Advice-Living-Wisdom-Earlier/dp/0593654528?crid=8M6A6PBDFK6W&keywords=excellent+advice+for+living&qid=1672259819&s=books&sprefix=excellent+adv,stripbooks,187&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=tipstoolshoptales-20&linkId=7b4fe881f112b0d6fad4836e182d4c13&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

About Your Host, Eric Teplitz:
Website: http://ericteplitz.com/
Schedule a FREE coaching consultation: http://ericteplitz.com/work-with-me/
Access a FREE preview of Eric's online course "Opening to Greater Possibilities": https://ericteplitz.thinkific.com/

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Kevin Kelly is a person of restless curiosity and an avid maker of things.

As a child, he built a model railway and a nature museum in his basement. Since then he has gone on to build a house, small mail-order businesses, and an adventurous life filled with travel and many unexpected twists and turns. He has taken innumerable photographs, co-founded WIRED Magazine, authored a number of books, and he creates a new piece of art every day.

His most recent book is a collection of 450 pithy bits of advice on a wide range of subjects called  Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier.

Referenced in this episode, and highly recommended:
This American Life segment, "Die in Six Months": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/50/shoulda-been-dead/act-one
This I Believe, "The Universe is Conspiring to Help Us": https://www.npr.org/2008/01/27/18463814/the-universe-is-conspiring-to-help-us

Kevin Kelly Links:
Website: https://kk.org/
Free newsletter: https://www.recomendo.com/
"Excellent Advice" book: https://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Advice-Living-Wisdom-Earlier/dp/0593654528?crid=8M6A6PBDFK6W&keywords=excellent+advice+for+living&qid=1672259819&s=books&sprefix=excellent+adv,stripbooks,187&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=tipstoolshoptales-20&linkId=7b4fe881f112b0d6fad4836e182d4c13&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

About Your Host, Eric Teplitz:
Website: http://ericteplitz.com/
Schedule a FREE coaching consultation: http://ericteplitz.com/work-with-me/
Access a FREE preview of Eric's online course "Opening to Greater Possibilities": https://ericteplitz.thinkific.com/

Send a text to the host of the show

Support the Show.

The Person You Want to Be intro
Introducing Kevin Kelly
Childhood propensity for making things
The limitation that bothered Kevin most
Learning from how-to books
A brief stint in college
Photography: the perfect blend of art and science
How reading led to travel
Why Kevin decided not to make photography his profession
What international communication looked like in the '70s
A religious conversion in Jerusalem
On gratitude
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
How early entrepreneurial efforts led to Kevin's dream job
Having low expectations and celebrating small victories
Meeting his wife, Gia-Miin
"A pigeon overlooked"
What Technology Wants
On optimism
What Kevin wants