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. On Art Bell's programs, 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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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...