About the author

Kevin Kelly is an author included in this catalog, with one Chinese-language work currently listed: The Inevitable (Revised Edition), categorized under general computing. His English name, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not confirmed in the available public materials, so this page makes no speculation on those points. Judging from the work at hand, his writing addresses the overall direction of technological evolution and digital life, using a broad perspective to organize seemingly scattered phenomena and draw out trends that general readers can follow. The revised edition of The Inevitable suggests continued demand among Chinese readers for this kind of discussion. His prose emphasizes observation and judgment over technical detail, making it suitable for readers who want a big-picture view of where technology is heading.

Written (14)

2049: The Possibilities of the Next 10,000 Days cover
Rating 3.3
2049: The Possibilities of the Next 10,000 Days 凯文·凯利 CITIC Press · 2025 This forward-looking work is a collaboration between Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired and known as a technology prophet, and Wu Chen, a…
The KK Trilogy (Out of Control · What Technology Wants · The Inevitable) cover
Rating 4.3
The KK Trilogy (Out of Control · What Technology Wants · The Inevitable) 凯文·凯利 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2023 The KK Trilogy is a Chinese collection of three representative works by Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired and known as "KK," published i…
The Inevitable (Revised Edition) cover
Rating 3.9
The Inevitable (Revised Edition) 凯文·凯利 / 周峰 / 董理 / 金阳 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2023 Human life is changing all the time, and today the force driving these changes swiftly and sharply is technology. Which of these changes are inevitabl…
Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier cover
Rating 3.9
Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier 凯文·凯利 CITIC Press · 2023 Excellent Advice for Living is a small book of aphorisms by Kevin Kelly (often called "KK" by readers), author of Out of Control, The Inevitable, and …
The World in 5000 Days cover
Rating 3.3
The World in 5000 Days 凯文·凯利 / Ōno Kazuki CITIC Press · 2023 Five thousand days after the internet moved toward commercialization, social media began to flourish; nearly five thousand days have passed since soci…
The Inevitable cover
Rating 4.2
The Inevitable 凯文·凯利 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2016 The Inevitable is the concluding volume of Kevin Kelly's "KK Trilogy," following Out of Control and What Technology Wants; its original English title …
The Inevitable cover
Rating 4.2
The Inevitable 凯文·凯利 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2016 Human life is changing all the time, and today the fastest and most intense driver of that change is technology. Kevin Kelly argues that technological…
The Inevitable cover
The Inevitable 凯文·凯利 Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2016 The Inevitable is a work by Kevin Kelly (often called "KK" by readers), founding executive editor of Wired, following Out of Control and What Technolo…
The KK Trilogy: Out of Control · What Technology Wants · The Inevitable cover
Rating 4.1
The KK Trilogy: Out of Control · What Technology Wants · The Inevitable 凯文·凯利 CITIC Press · 2015 The KK Trilogy is a collection of representative works by Kevin Kelly (often called KK), founding executive editor of Wired magazine, comprising Out o…
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Humanity cover
Rating 3.5
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Humanity 凯文·凯利 CITIC Press · 2015 Out of Control is the breakout work of Kevin Kelly (KK), founding executive editor of Wired, first published in English in 1994. Kelly looks at machin…
What Technology Wants cover
Rating 4.1
What Technology Wants 凯文·凯利 CITIC Press · 2011 What Technology Wants is a work of technological thought by Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired, following Out of Control. The Chinese edi…
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Mankind cover
Rating 4.3
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Mankind 凯文·凯利 New Star Press · 2010 Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Mankind is the representative work of the American writer Kevin Kelly (often called KK by readers), f…
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Humanity cover
Rating 4.3
Out of Control: The Final Fate and Ending of All Humanity 凯文·凯利 New Star Press · 2010 Out of Control was published in the United States in 1994 under the full title Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Ec…
Out of Control: The Final Fate and End of All Humanity cover
Rating 4.3
Out of Control: The Final Fate and End of All Humanity 凯文·凯利 New Star Press · 2010 Out of Control: The Final Fate and End of All Humanity is a work of technological thought written in 1994 by Kevin Kelly (often called "KK"), founding…

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CITIC PressNew Star PressPublishing House of Electronics Industry