People move from place to place and job to job, but they no longer need to lose touch. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
People's social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I want to be very careful about judging and how much to generalize about the use of media being pathological. For some… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
If, like many others, you are concerned social media is making people and cultures shallow, I propose we teach more people how… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
On the Internet, it is assumed people are in business to sell out, not to build something they can pass along to… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
One of the things we know now that we didn't know then, is that revolutions are very painful to a lot of… — 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… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The first art in caves were really psychedelic experiences, and the reason that they were is because the tribal encyclopedia, the amount… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The more material there is, the more need there is for filters. You don't need a printing press anymore, but you do… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
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
Americans love technology, like jet planes and hot rods and televisions. It's a real conflict between the denial of, "gee this is… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
There are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside… — 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 AP has only so many reporters, and CNN only has so many cameras, but we've got a world full of people… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action. — 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… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Schoolchildren are not taught how to distinguish accurate information from inaccurate information online - surely there are ways to design web-browsers to… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Communicating online goes back to the Defense Department's Arpanet which started in 1969. There was something called Usenet that started in 1980,… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
You know back when there were light shows, there was this thing for people to sync into together. And the more people… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
People look at me, and I dress a little unusually and they think, 'Oh you must be from California.' Of course, people… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Telecommuting has its advantages and it has its limits. I think we need to find that sweet spot in between where it… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
We know where the television is - everything has to be a sound bite; everything has to be an image; ideas are… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out. — 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
The Orwellian vision was about state-sponsored surveillance. Now it's not just the state, it's your nosy neighbor, your ex-spouse and people who… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
The great power of the Internet is it allows people who don't know each other... to connect with people with shared interests.… — 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
I think that most people really do need the sort of community you find in an office. Most people are always going… — 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
