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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Howard Rheingold

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold is a writer, critic, and internet pioneer recognized for his prescient explorations of virtual communities, collaborative technologies, and the cultural transformation brought about by digital communication. As a guest on late-night radio, his influential book The Virtual Community and his insights into the emerging social dynamics of online life foresaw many of the developments that would reshape human interaction in the twenty-first century.

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November 20, 2002: The Internet - Howard Rheingold

Nov 20, 2002
2h 55m
Art Bell interviews technology author Howard Rheingold about the social implications of the Internet and mobile communication revolution. The conversation opens with the staggering growth of connectivity, from a few hundred thousand users a decade earlier to nearly half a billion people online, and Rheingold argues...