Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine, a futurist, author, and public speaker known for his insights on technology’s impact on society.

Working out how to live a good life is complex. However, having rules from someone much older and wiser than you can make this a lot easier. Kevin has condensed a lifetime of insights into a few hundred sentences in his new book, and today we get to go through some of my favourites.

Expect to learn why you should do everything you can to avoid being a billionaire, how to have a more optimistic outlook on life, whether you can trust websites with the word ‘truth’ in them, why you are more likely to be defeated by blisters rather than mountains, how to understand yourself better, the best way to turn bad days into good ones, why what irritates you in other people is a lesson about you and much more...

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00:00 Intro

05:38 Why Should We Be Optimistic About the World?

10:23 ‘Don’t Be the Best, Be the Only’

17:06 Dealing with Bad Days is the Secret to Moving Forward

20:27 How Your Weirdness Will Bring You Success

23:52 A Great Way to Understand Yourself

26:53 Why You Should Ignore Websites That Have ‘Truth’ in the URL

29:40 Ask Stupid Questions

36:14 How to Prototype Your Life

44:38 ‘Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional’

46:22 How to Reason with People Better

49:11 What’s Really Behind Conspiracy Theories

53:09 Importance of Attending to the Small Things

54:22 What Kevin Learned About Leadership from Steve Jobs

57:34 Celebrate the Present

01:00:42 Why You Can Never Be Too Kind

01:05:18 Where to Find Kevin

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