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Howard Rheingold Quotes

There are always a few people who are hyper-normal Picture Quote #1

We are taught what reality is in all kinds of ways Picture Quote #1

American families don’t work. There is an illusion that they do Picture Quote #1

It’s quintessentially American to transform your family Picture Quote #1

Kerouac was this kid who exemplified something happening Picture Quote #1

Humans are language machines, computers are language machines Picture Quote #1

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Attention is the fundamental instrument we use for learning, thinking, communicating, deciding, yet neither parents nor schools spend any time helping young people learn how to manage information streams and control the ways they deploy their attention Picture Quote #1

Until fairly recently, Amish teachers would reprimand the student who raised his or her hand as being too individualistic. Calling attention to oneself, or being ‘prideful,’ is one of the cardinal Amish worries. Having your name or photo in the papers, even talking to the press, is almost a sin Picture Quote #1

Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don’t believe media compel distraction, but I think it’s clear that they afford it Picture Quote #1

Mindfulness means being aware of how you’re deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention Picture Quote #1

People’s behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can’t type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance Picture Quote #1

The idea that your spouse or your parents don’t know where you are at all times may be part of the past. Is that good or bad? Will that make for better marriages or worse marriages? I don’t know Picture Quote #1

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It’s too late by the way, with virtual reality. You can’t put the genie back into the bottle Picture Quote #1

Technology is knowledge of how the universe works that enables you to change the world Picture Quote #1

As for Twitter, I’ve found that you have to learn how to make it add value rather than subtract hours from one’s day. Certainly, it affords narcissism and distraction Picture Quote #1

Schoolchildren are not taught how to distinguish accurate information from inaccurate information online - surely there are ways to design web-browsers to help with this task and ways to teach young people how to use the powerful online tools available to them Picture Quote #1

The two parts of technology that lower the threshold for activism and technology is the Internet and the mobile phone. Anyone who has a cause can now mobilize very quickly Picture Quote #1

We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a ‘smart mob’ doesn’t guarantee that you’re a responsible participant or collaborator Picture Quote #1

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Technological civilization has now dominated the earth to the point where there is a big question what is going to happen next Picture Quote #1

Markets are as old as the crossroads. But capitalism, as we know it, is only a few hundred years old, enabled by cooperative arrangements and technologies, such as the joint-stock ownership company, shared liability insurance, double-entry bookkeeping Picture Quote #1

We think of them as mobile phones, but the personal computer, mobile phone and the Internet are merging into some new medium like the personal computer in the 1980s or the Internet in the 1990s Picture Quote #1

When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology, Picture Quote #1

Technologies evolve in the strangest ways. Computers were created to calculate ballistics equations, and now we use them to create amusing illusions. Creating amusing illusions is a big business if you play it right Picture Quote #1

Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn’t want these little toys on their desk Picture Quote #1

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Although we leave traces of our personal lives with our credit cards and Web browsers today, tomorrow’s mobile devices will broadcast clouds of personal data to invisible monitors all around us Picture Quote #1

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

There’s a direct relationship between how difficult it is to send a message and how strongly it is received Picture Quote #1

Everything is removed. You’re actually doing something dangerous when you get in your car, when you’re getting on an airplane, or having sex Picture Quote #1

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

We’ve got a planet in which we don’t want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway Picture Quote #1

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There are always a few people who are hyper-normal (Howard Rheingold Quotes) We are taught what reality is in all kinds of ways (Howard Rheingold Quotes) American families don’t work. There is an illusion that they do. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) It’s quintessentially American to transform your family (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Kerouac was this kid who exemplified something happening (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Humans are language machines, computers are language machines (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Attention is the fundamental instrument we use for learning, thinking, communicating, deciding, yet neither parents nor schools spend any time helping young people learn how to manage information streams and control the ways they deploy their attention. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Until fairly recently, Amish teachers would reprimand the student who raised his or her hand as being too individualistic. Calling attention to oneself, or being ‘prideful,’ is one of the cardinal Amish worries. Having your name or photo in the papers, even talking to the press, is almost a sin. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don’t believe media compel distraction, but I think it’s clear that they afford it. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Mindfulness means being aware of how you’re deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) People’s behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can’t type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) The idea that your spouse or your parents don’t know where you are at all times may be part of the past. Is that good or bad? Will that make for better marriages or worse marriages? I don’t know. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) It’s too late by the way, with virtual reality. You can’t put the genie back into the bottle. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Technology is knowledge of how the universe works that enables you to change the world (Howard Rheingold Quotes) As for Twitter, I’ve found that you have to learn how to make it add value rather than subtract hours from one’s day. Certainly, it affords narcissism and distraction. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Schoolchildren are not taught how to distinguish accurate information from inaccurate information online - surely there are ways to design web-browsers to help with this task and ways to teach young people how to use the powerful online tools available to them (Howard Rheingold Quotes) The two parts of technology that lower the threshold for activism and technology is the Internet and the mobile phone. Anyone who has a cause can now mobilize very quickly (Howard Rheingold Quotes) We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a ‘smart mob’ doesn’t guarantee that you’re a responsible participant or collaborator (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Technological civilization has now dominated the earth to the point where there is a big question what is going to happen next. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Markets are as old as the crossroads. But capitalism, as we know it, is only a few hundred years old, enabled by cooperative arrangements and technologies, such as the joint-stock ownership company, shared liability insurance, double-entry bookkeeping (Howard Rheingold Quotes) We think of them as mobile phones, but the personal computer, mobile phone and the Internet are merging into some new medium like the personal computer in the 1980s or the Internet in the 1990s. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology, (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Technologies evolve in the strangest ways. Computers were created to calculate ballistics equations, and now we use them to create amusing illusions. Creating amusing illusions is a big business if you play it right. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn’t want these little toys on their desk. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Although we leave traces of our personal lives with our credit cards and Web browsers today, tomorrow’s mobile devices will broadcast clouds of personal data to invisible monitors all around us. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it’s really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) There’s a direct relationship between how difficult it is to send a message and how strongly it is received. (Howard Rheingold Quotes) Everything is removed. You’re actually doing something dangerous when you get in your car, when you’re getting on an airplane, or having sex. (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) We’ve got a planet in which we don’t want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway. (Howard Rheingold Quotes)

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