Becoming a Dad made me fully realize how precious the gift of life is, and reconfigured my life from one of growth, achievement and enjoyment to those plus wanting to pay them all forward. I never thought much about giving before then (who does when they're young and advancing?) but then it became all about giving, from necessities to lessons learned and wisdom gained.

The question "What is happiness?" changed from "What cool things can I do?" to "What cool things can I share?" And today, I'm talking to a friend about how to point kids in good directions when everything is changing around them.

It also teaches one rather directly that leadership is by example, not empty words. "Kids learn what they live" [0] and that inspires one (namely me) to be a better person.

I just noticed that the article is by Kevin Kelley.

Kevin's ideas on "What Technology Wants" [1] resonated strongly with me, and I have tried to convey how technology can empower people rather than exploit them, when one makes the right choices.

Making the right choices benefits only oneself, but lights the way for kids (and others who will listen)

Here is the summary, and one to keep in mind whenever technologizing.

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So, looking at the evolution of life and the long-term histories of past technologies, what are the long-term trajectories of the technium? What does technology want?

• Possibilities

To increase diversity

To maximize freedom/choices

To expand the space of the possible

• Efficiencies

To increase specialization/uniqueness

To increase power density

To increase density of meaning

To engage all matter and energy

To reach ubiquity and free-ness

To become beautiful

• Complexity

To increase complexity

To increase social co-dependency

To increase self-referential nature

To align with nature

• Evolvability

To accelerate evolvability

To play the infinite game [2]

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Having kids is Playing the Infinite Game.

[0] https://www.rootsofaction.com/children-learn-what-they-live-...

[1] https://kk.org/thetechnium/open-source-dna/

[2] Finite and Infinite Games, by James Carse