People Quotes by Howard Rheingold

There are always a few people who are hyper-normal.

— Howard Rheingold

Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time.

— Howard Rheingold

People move from place to place and job to job, but they no longer need to lose touch.

— Howard Rheingold

I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out.

— Howard Rheingold

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

— Howard Rheingold

It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens.

— Howard Rheingold

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

If, like many others, you are concerned social media is making people and cultures shallow, I propose we teach more people how…

— Howard Rheingold

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

Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge.

— Howard Rheingold

On the Internet, it is assumed people are in business to sell out, not to build something they can pass along to…

— Howard Rheingold

When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use…

— Howard Rheingold

We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway.

— Howard Rheingold

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

Schoolchildren are not taught how to distinguish accurate information from inaccurate information online - surely there are ways to design web-browsers to…

— Howard Rheingold

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

Attention is the fundamental instrument we use for learning, thinking, communicating, deciding, yet neither parents nor schools spend any time helping young…

— Howard Rheingold

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

There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but…

— Howard Rheingold

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

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

The first art in caves were really psychedelic experiences, and the reason that they were is because the tribal encyclopedia, the amount…

— Howard Rheingold

Communication media enabled collective action on new scales, at new rates, among new groups of people, multiplied the power available to civilizations…

— Howard Rheingold

There are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside…

— Howard Rheingold

I want to be very careful about judging and how much to generalize about the use of media being pathological. For some…

— Howard Rheingold

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

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

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

I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.

— Howard Rheingold

Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way…

— Howard Rheingold

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

Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it…

— Howard Rheingold

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

People look at me, and I dress a little unusually and they think, 'Oh you must be from California.' Of course, people…

— Howard Rheingold

Telecommuting has its advantages and it has its limits. I think we need to find that sweet spot in between where it…

— Howard Rheingold

We know where the television is - everything has to be a sound bite; everything has to be an image; ideas are…

— Howard Rheingold

You know back when there were light shows, there was this thing for people to sync into together. And the more people…

— Howard Rheingold

Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And…

— Howard Rheingold

Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting,…

— Howard Rheingold

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