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 attentioncommunicatecontrol share on social
I've spent my life alone in a room with a typewriter. Howard Rheingold haveliferoom Change image and share on social
A forecasting game is a kind of simulation, a kind of scenario, a kind of teleconference, a kind of artifact from the future - and more - that enlists the participants as 'first-person forecasters.' Howard Rheingold artifactenlistforecast Change image and share on social
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 artificialconsistextend Change image and share on social
There's a direct relationship between how difficult it is to send a message and how strongly it is received. Howard Rheingold difficultdirectmessage Change image and share on social
Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure. Howard Rheingold inexpensiveinfrastructuremobile Change image and share on social
Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create. Howard Rheingold beginbuychange share on social
The AP has only so many reporters, and CNN only has so many cameras, but we've got a world full of people with digital cameras and Internet access. Howard Rheingold accesscameracnn Change image and share on social
People look at me, and I dress a little unusually and they think, 'Oh you must be from California.' Of course, people in California think, 'Oh you must be from from Mars,' so, you know, your next-door neighbour is not necessarily the person that you are going to make a connection with. Howard Rheingold californiaconnectiondoor share on social
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 administeragriculturebegin share on social