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Howard Rheingold Quotes

People’s social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because of artificial media since the printing press and the telephone Picture Quote #1

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds Picture Quote #1

If you depend on where the chestnuts are going to be, and where the deer are, you have to be attuned to the outside world Picture Quote #1

Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And these, are really people for the most part who get uptighter. The idea that people you know might take their clothes off and dance in the street Picture Quote #1

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 to use them Picture Quote #1

I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they’re participating in some meaningful political action Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization Picture Quote #1

Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control Picture Quote #1

Its not a global village, but we’re in a highly interconnected globe Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter Picture Quote #1

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him Picture Quote #1

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Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time Picture Quote #1

Advertising in the past has been predicated on a mass market and a captive audience Picture Quote #1

Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention Picture Quote #1

Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them Picture Quote #1

A phone tree isn’t an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person Picture Quote #1

By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo Picture Quote #1

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It’s kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens Picture Quote #1

Flash mobbing may be a fad that passes away, or it may be an indicator of things to come Picture Quote #1

Humans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can’t do individually Picture Quote #1

I’m somebody who seems to stumble into things 10 or 20 years before the rest of the world does Picture Quote #1

You can’t have an industrial revolution, you can’t have democracies, you can’t have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy Picture Quote #1

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it’s really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues Picture Quote #1

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Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn’t before possible, new kinds of politics emerge Picture Quote #1

You can’t assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible Picture Quote #1

I think there are two aspects to smart environments. One is information embedded in places and things. The other is location awareness, so that devices we carry around know where we are. When you combine those two, you get a lot of possibilities Picture Quote #1

It used to be that if your automobile broke, the teenager down the street with the wrench could fix it. Now you have to have sophisticated equipment that can deal with microchips. We’re entering a world in which the complexity of the devices and the system of interconnecting devices is beyond our capability to easily understand Picture Quote #1

Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time Picture Quote #1

People’s social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because of artificial media since the printing press and the telephone Picture Quote #1

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People’s social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because of artificial media since the printing press and the telephone. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) If you depend on where the chestnuts are going to be, and where the deer are, you have to be attuned to the outside world. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And these, are really people for the most part who get uptighter. The idea that people you know might take their clothes off and dance in the street. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) 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 to use them (Howard Rheingold Quotes) I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they’re participating in some meaningful political action (Howard Rheingold Quotes) 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 Quotes) Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Its not a global village, but we’re in a highly interconnected globe (Howard Rheingold Quotes) I’ve spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Any virtual community that works, works because people put in some time (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Advertising in the past has been predicated on a mass market and a captive audience (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them (Howard Rheingold Quotes) A phone tree isn’t an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person (Howard Rheingold Quotes) By the time you get a job, you know how to behave in a meeting or how to write a simple memo (Howard Rheingold Quotes) It’s kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Flash mobbing may be a fad that passes away, or it may be an indicator of things to come (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Humans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can’t do individually (Howard Rheingold Quotes) I’m somebody who seems to stumble into things 10 or 20 years before the rest of the world does (Howard Rheingold Quotes) You can’t have an industrial revolution, you can’t have democracies, you can’t have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it’s really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn’t before possible, new kinds of politics emerge (Howard Rheingold Quotes) You can’t assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible (Howard Rheingold Quotes) I think there are two aspects to smart environments. One is information embedded in places and things. The other is location awareness, so that devices we carry around know where we are. When you combine those two, you get a lot of possibilities (Howard Rheingold Quotes) It used to be that if your automobile broke, the teenager down the street with the wrench could fix it. Now you have to have sophisticated equipment that can deal with microchips. We’re entering a world in which the complexity of the devices and the system of interconnecting devices is beyond our capability to easily understand (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the administers of these empires who began hiring people to keep track of the wheat and sheep and wine that was owed and the taxes that was owed on them by making marks; marks on clay in that time (Howard Rheingold Quotes) People’s social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because of artificial media since the printing press and the telephone (Howard Rheingold Quotes)

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