Doesn't it seem ironic that people fear that we might become alienated by communicating with each other through computers, when we are… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The mediated world has approached us from a lot of different directions and we have freely chosen our automobiles and our skyscrapers… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
We think of them as mobile phones, but the personal computer, mobile phone and the Internet are merging into some new medium… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I certainly think we're losing a lot of our connections with other people. I fear in my most pessimistic moments that the… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
What person doesn't search online about their disease after they are diagnosed? — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
You can't pick up the telephone and say, 'Connect me with someone else who has a kid with leukemia.' — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Attention is the fundamental instrument we use for learning, thinking, communicating, deciding, yet neither parents nor schools spend any time helping young people learn… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
One thing we didn't know in 1996 is that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
There actually are buildings that existed in cyberspace before they built it. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The world is restructuring, and all of the enemies that used to exist are kind of gone, so now they are looking out for… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image