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Kevin Kelly might be the real-life Most Interesting Man In The World.

He is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, which he co-founded in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aimed at cataloging and identifying every living species on earth. In his spare time, he writes bestselling books, co-founded the Rosetta Project, which is building an archive of ALL documented human languages, and serves on the board of the Long Now Foundation. As part of the last, he’s investigating how to revive and restore endangered or extinct species, including the Wooly Mammoth.

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Show Notes and Select Links from the Episode

Kevin Kelly’s biggest regret

His lesson in finding contentment in minimalism and “volunteer simplicity”

How he realized that writing actually creates ideas

Why he promised himself that he would never resort to teaching English while traveling abroad

The “creator’s dilemma,” or how you have to go lower to get higher

Why you don’t want to be a billionaire

His realizations after doing a “6 months until death” challenge

His Kickstarter-funded project linking angels and robots

Why a self-proclaimed ex-hippie waited until his 50th birthday to try LSD for the first time

Why a population implosion is probable in the next 100 years

The greatest gift you can give to your child

The criteria for Amish technology assimilation

What technology-free sabbaticals can do for you

Long Now Foundation’s vision of a better civilization

The graphic novel for young people on how to become indispensable

His favorite fiction book

The great resource Kevin compiled for documentary lovers

How he accumulated enough books to fill a two-story library

Mythbuster’s Adam Savage’s organizational method, which transformed Kevin’s life

The project that everyone should undertake at least once in life

The advice he would give to his younger self

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