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Kevin Kelly: Daddy Issues
Web3’s fetish for the Whole Earth Review isn’t just a complex, it’s a love affair.
Launched by Stewart Brand through the nonprofit Portola Institute out of Menlo Park in 1968 and released in various editions throughout the 70s, the Catalog rode a cresting wave of California counterculture to provide readers with “access to tools” and information outside of traditional, mainstream thought systems. It was at once a nostalgic throwback to American mail orders from Sears and a wholesale reinvention of the form for the hippie heyday, encompassing product reviews, tips, suggestions, how-to guides, and brief commentary on everything from cybernetics and engineering design to auto repair and creative glassblowing. In this interview with Zine’s own Yana Sosnovskaya, Kelly took us on an invigorating stroll through the verdant forest of his eternally curious mind, discussing topics such as DAOs as an ideological experiment, toxic anonymity, and his view of the blockchain-based world of Web3, which he likens to a high school graduate still figuring out their place in life.—Aaron Gonsher
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