Amount Quote by Howard Rheingold
“The first art in caves were really psychedelic experiences, and the reason that they were is because the tribal encyclopedia, the amount of information that people needed to know in order to move to a new way of life, suddenly increased over that period of time.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Virtual Community, Howard Rheingold, 1993
Early cave art served as a collective knowledge base, expanding as societies faced new ways of living, akin to modern information overload.
In simple terms: Cave art was early shared knowledge adapting to change.
Key Takeaway
Leverage shared knowledge to navigate complexity.
Themes
history
communication
knowledge
adaptation
Mood
curious
reflective
Type
anthropological
insightful
When to use this quote
- education
- museum curation
- digital archiving
Key Concepts
anthropology
information theory
cultural evolution
Questions to Reflect On
- How do societies encode new information?
- What modern parallels exist?
A Different Perspective
May overstate the intentionality behind prehistoric art.
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