Howard Rheingold
Howard Rheingold
Howard Rheingoldis a critic, writer, and teacher; his specialties are on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth7 July 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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village globes interconnected
Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe.
technology community software
Technology no longer consists just of hardware or software or even services, but of communities. Increasingly, community is a part of technology, a driver of technology, and an emergent effect of technology.
digital savvy
Some digital natives are extraordinarily savvy.
kids giving people
The great power of the Internet is it allows people who don't know each other... to connect with people with shared interests. The shared interests might be that 'I have a kid with leukemia.' Or, 'I'm a Nazi.' It gives marginalized people more power.
smart responsibility guarantees-that
We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a 'smart mob' doesn't guarantee that you're a responsible participant or collaborator.
important pages mail
It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.
meaningful thinking giving
I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.
years world doe
I'm somebody who seems to stumble into things 10 or 20 years before the rest of the world does.
mean thinking design
In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into action.
mean decision mindfulness
Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.
wine sheep civilization
Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time.
names people patterns
Finding a name for something is a way of conjuring its existence, of making it possible for people to see a pattern where they didn't see anything before.
teenager people want
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.
phones amplify cooperation
Mobile phones amplify human talents for cooperation.