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 addaffordday Change image and share on social
Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge. Howard Rheingold emergeenablekind Change image and share on social
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 activisminternetlow 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
A phone tree isn't an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person. Howard Rheingold ancientcallform Change image and share on social
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 attentionawareblackberry Change image and share on social
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 1980s1990scomputer Change image and share on social
Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization. Howard Rheingold 000agriculturalapproximately Change image and share on social
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 behaviorchangeinstance Change image and share on social
Technology no longer consists just of hardware or software or even services, but of communities. Increasingly, community is a part of technology, a driver of technology, and an emergent effect of technology. Howard Rheingold communityconsistdriver share on social
