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 More Quotes by Howard Rheingold More Quotes From Howard Rheingold The mediated world has approached us from a lot of different directions and we have freely chosen our automobiles and our skyscrapers and our televisions and our telephones and our computers because they have given us power and freedom. Now we are beginning to notice there's a price to pay for them. It's all interconnected, the good stuff and the bad stuff comes together. Howard Rheingold different together television Doesn't it seem ironic that people fear that we might become alienated by communicating with each other through computers, when we are already staring at these boxes in our living rooms for seven or eight hours a day, slack-jawed and saying nothing to anyone on either side and not talking back to it. Howard Rheingold eight talking people I certainly think we're losing a lot of our connections with other people. I fear in my most pessimistic moments that the computer is simply another step down the road which we have already taken quite a few steps on. We're talking to each other on computers because we don't talk across the fence. Howard Rheingold taken talking thinking There are always a few people who are hyper-normal. Howard Rheingold hyper normal people Maybe there is no objective experience, but there is a certain way of interacting with all the subjective experiences. Howard Rheingold interacting certain way Telecommuting has its advantages and it has its limits. I think we need to find that sweet spot in between where it helps the environment, it helps people, but it doesn't alienate us and it doesn't cause our organizations to fall apart by centrifugal force. Howard Rheingold sweet fall thinking There is sort of a continuing problem of putting a moral template on the future that is based on the morality of today. Howard Rheingold morality problem today We've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway. Howard Rheingold lonely sex people Humans are language machines, computers are language machines. Howard Rheingold machines computer language Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds. Howard Rheingold dinosaurs flying bird It's too late by the way, with virtual reality. You can't put the genie back into the bottle. Howard Rheingold bottles too-late reality See technology used to be our friends. But now, nobody is quite so sure. Howard Rheingold used-to-be used technology The world is restructuring, and all of the enemies that used to exist are kind of gone, so now they are looking out for new enemies. Howard Rheingold gone enemy world There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but it's not - like a Dead show is not like a usual sit-down performance; the audience does participate. Howard Rheingold musical skills people I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out. Howard Rheingold work-out trying people Make your own fun. As opposed to consume fun like a package of Spam. Howard Rheingold spam packages fun The audience is a big part of the show. Howard Rheingold audience bigs shows Let's cut loose what you were given and find what you can seek. Howard Rheingold given cutting The Western model for a meeting is you have an agenda and you come in and everyone says things. Howard Rheingold agendas western meetings Everything is danger, but we pretend that it's not. Howard Rheingold danger
