---
title: "1 Total Strangers Quotes By Clive Thompson"
description: "1 Total Strangers quotes by Clive Thompson. Plus more from Clive Thompson and more Total Strangers sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png"
---

> [The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-strangers-collaborate-to-produce/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png)

## More by Clive Thompson

> [The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-strangers-collaborate-to-produce/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [Novelists in particular love to rhapsodize about the glory of the solitary mind; this is natural, because their job requires them to sit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/novelists-in-particular-love-to-rhapsodize-about-the-glory-of-the/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/when-you-re-an-expert-in-a-subject-you-can-retain-new-factoids-on/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/why-are-online-games-so-addictive-it-s-mostly-the-narcotic-appeal-of/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/more-than-any-other-modern-tool-computers-are-a-total-mystery-to/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [When you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/when-you-broadcast-your-book-reading-voluntarily-it-creates-moments/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light, penicillin, fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-only-reason-we-don-t-notice-how-absolutely-interwoven-our/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/while-reading-kasparov-s-book-how-life-imitates-chess-on-my-kindle-i/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [The main message of 'Smarter Than You Think' is an attempt to look at the productively new and interesting ways that we have begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-main-message-of-smarter-than-you-think-is-an-attempt-to-look-at/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [There is something about the ability to externalize our thoughts and compare them with other people in a public way that is really transformative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/there-is-something-about-the-ability-to-externalize-our-thoughts-and/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [Type as quickly as you can and always carry a pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/type-as-quickly-as-you-can-and-always-carry-a-pencil/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Cities are dynamic - and deeply seductive for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/i-don-t-think-the-internet-has-replaced-cities-in-any-significant-way/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [Railing at scientists for massaging tree-ring statistics won't stop the globe from warming if the globe is actually, you know, warming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/railing-at-scientists-for-massaging-tree-ring-statistics-won-t-stop/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [Transactive memory works best when you have a sense of how your partners' minds work - where they're strong, where they're weak, where their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/transactive-memory-works-best-when-you-have-a-sense-of-how-your/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

> [The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-amount-of-writing-that-people-do-online-is-astonishing-and/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Total Strangers Quotes By Clive Thompson",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Clive Thompson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-strangers-collaborate-to-produce/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The Internet lets thousands of total strangers collaborate to produce a truly hivelike result.” — Clive Thompson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/",
            "name": "Total Strangers Quotes by Clive Thompson",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/clive-thompson-15484_collaborate_the-internet-lets-thousands-of-total-str_4818.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Total Strangers quotes by Clive Thompson. Plus more from Clive Thompson and more Total Strangers sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Total Strangers",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Clive Thompson",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/total-strangers/clive-thompson/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```