# Kevin Kelly: AI will be a microscope we point at our own minds

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> Published: 2026-08-18 12:00:00+00:00

My incurable optimist friend, [Kevin Kelly](https://kk.org), co-founder of Wired and my partner at [Cool Tools](https://cool-tools.org) and the [Recomendo](https://www.recomendo.com) newsletter, has been posting [essays on Substack](https://kevinkelly.substack.com) mainly about the future, artificial intelligence, and what it means for humanity. I am loving these essays. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/18/fountain-pen-kk-theory-of-intelligence.html)

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