Kevin Kelly is the Executive Editor of Wired Magazine and former publisher and editor of Whole Earth Review. He has been instrumental in helping launch The Hacker’s Conference, Cyberthon and the WELL. His book is highly recommended to anyone interested in technology, economics, evolutionary theories and even spiritualist (especially techno-shamans). The New Biology of Machines begins with a comparison of the ?made’ vs. the ?born’ and from here goes into topics such as hive mind, coevolution, ecosystems, economics, god games, artificial evolution and much more. Kelly continually discusses new forms of technological discoveries, experiments and even fringe ideas related to them and what these may reveal. He then takes technology and compares it to biological systems which are similar so that one can easily see various parallels in both nature and scientific (computer, mechanical, etc.) experiment. This collection of thoughts and ideas helps one more readily put together the intricate pieces of technology and biology to make further sense of our ever-developing world and to awaken new thinking processes within. Kelly even touches on the concepts of Baudrillard’s Simulation & Simulacra especially in the chapter on God Games. In essence we are the simulacra of God by all logical reasoning. He discusses how simple systems can be modified by simply adding quantity, "more is different", and how this is obvious in both insect cultures and in computer simulation. There are many many concepts which are strictly revelations of science technology which reveals the mysteries of the biological and thus ourselves and could also easily be associated in spiritual concerns by anyone with an open mind to do so. I believe that one day the concepts in this book will become more common knowledge and will thus aid in the rethinking of our reality of existence. Reality is what is truly at question here and is proven to be not what we seem to have accepted it to be. Technology will prove that there is more to our existence than we believe and the unexplained in nature actually makes more sense. With this comes an opening of awareness and consciousness that will expand the horizons of man and machine kind. According to Kelly there is no real fear of a fiction like The Terminator becoming reality that biological and mechanical systems will find a symbiosis and that this is truly what we should seek. Another item of interest is that we have already developed means to artificially evolve even software to create better and more efficient software that is indecipherable to a human coder. This is only the beginning; imagine adding artificial intelligence into this system. You then have intelligent evolving machines. On the topic of evolution the goal seems to be to try out all possible variables to see what works. It is also displayed that parasites help an ecology evolve faster as does temporary chaos that ensues before the ?system’ again finds stability. Think about this when life-changing events throw things into an uproar. There are simply too many revolutionary discoveries, sciences, philosophies, and ideas in this one book to discuss them all here. However when you read them you will find that they readily relate to your personal life and society as well as fictions you may have been exposed to. The possibilities are endless and we have only touched the tip of the iceberg. To think that this was originally written in 1994 and science advances exponentially so it will be no wonder when we watch many science-fiction technologies become reality in the years to come. This book offers not just information on technology but new and enlightening ways of perceiving the world we live in based on the information provided and is highly recommended to anyone who wants to learn and or grow at least mentally if not in other ways. This is a book for technologist, alternative thinkers, and others on the fringe.