Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers’ Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. His books include the best-selling New Rules for the New Economy, the classic book on decentralized emergent systems, Out of Control, a graphic novel about robots and angels, The Silver Cord, an oversize catalog of the best of Cool Tools, and his summary theory of technology in What Technology Wants (2010). His new book for Viking/Penguin is The Inevitable, which is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
He is currently raising funds for his new book Vanishing Asia. The book is a huge, oversized, 1,000-page celebration of old Asia. The campaign runs until May 4, 2021. During this time I am offering discounts for pre-sales purchases. Head over to my Kickstarter site for more details.
IN THIS EPISODE:
1:40 Kevin sees art in everything
2:00 Vanishing Asia and it's evolution
3:30 The center of the culture has moved from books to...
9:51 Didn't we meet in Iran...?
10:29 The beginning of his journey to Asia
11:28 Leaves of Grass and Kevin's call to the editor of National Geographic
13:04 "You don't need to know anybody - just go"
14:28 The exception - Iran
18:50 Kevin's ginger story
20:14 Dar's 'mango' story
25:39 Kevin's idea for the lockdown - *Brilliant*
29:10 Kevin, Woodstock, The Whole Earth Catalog, and Wired Magazine
35:40 Kevin publishes an article in New Age - "The Network Nation" in 1984
42:01 The idea behind Wired Magazine
45:51 His belief system that drives him
47:45 "Do I really believe that - or am I parroting something I heard?"
51:38 The 'secret' to his success
58:38 THE MOST beautiful sign-off, ever
The Art of Being Dar - with Dar Dixon
The Art of Being Dar - Hosted by Dar Dixon
Dar is a half Iranian/half American white boy...born in Tehran.
Yes, Iran.
He's moved over 80 times.
He escaped the Iranian Revolution with, literally, the clothes on his back.
He even found himself in a cult...
And through every crazy thing that's happened, against insane odds, he's been succeeding in life & in Hollywood, for almost 30 years.
People with boring lives have boring stories.
Nothing boring here.
This...is The Art of Being Dar - with Dar Dixon