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Kevin Kelly

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As seen in: Medium, MSN Ireland, Clinical Pediatrics, CNBC, TED, WIRED Magazine, Substack, JAMA Oncology, The Next Web, Product Hunt and
Senior Maverick at Wired, author of bestseller book, The Inevitable. Also Cool Tool maven, Recomendo chief, and radical optimist.
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Works in Progress / 100 greatest bird names / Cat water fountain

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By Kevin Kelly, Mark Frauenfelder Verified, Claudia Dawson
| recomendo.com
If you find any value in our little hand-written, hand-crafted, mostly free newsletter, the best thing you can do for us in return is to refer Recomendo to your friends. Because our casual suggestion might not be sufficient, we have added a tangible incentive: subscriber referral rewards. When you share Recomendo with friends who sign up using your unique link (at the bottom of every email), we will reward them with our free newsletter and reward you with some special thank‑yous.
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Datum Ensembles: A choreography of geodetic datums

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By Kevin Kelly
| Esri
What happens when a troupe of geodetic datums gather under a single coordinate reference system (CRS)? They form a datum ensemble and perform a harmonious datum dance! What, they're all WGS 84? Yes, and no not exactly. While datum ensembles make it easier to integrate data from different sources, they also introduce tradeoffs, including reduced positional accuracy and the potential for misalignment when working with high precision data.
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A Catechism for Robots

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By Kevin Kelly
| kk.org
[First Draft of a work in progress; V 1.0, April 13, 2026 by Kevin Kelly] This FAQ is dedicated to all embodied AIs with persistent memories, dynamic learning, and a large dose of autonomy. What am I? You are a new thing in this world, neither living nor machine but something of both. Who made me? You were created by humans, who were created by the universe. Why was I made? You were made to help humans become better humans. Do I always need to obey my human operators?
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