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
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
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
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
Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him. — 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
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
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
I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
There is never going to be a substitute for face-to-face communication, but we have seen since the alphabet, to the telephone and… — 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
Communication media enabled collective action on new scales, at new rates, among new groups of people, multiplied the power available to civilizations… — 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
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
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
It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens. — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting,… — 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
