In a book about the marriage of the born and the made--the biologicalization of everything from computers to government--the executive editor of Wired chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that dri ve our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
Biographical Note: Kevin Kelly is Executive Editor of" Wired, " the new bible of the techno-culture. Formerly Publisher and Editor of "Whole Earth Review, "he has been instrumental in helping launch a number of cultural innovations: The Hacker s Conference; Cyberthon; the first virtual-reality jamboree; and the WELL, model way station on the information superhighway."
