Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization.
Howard RheingoldMaybe there is no objective experience, but there is a certain way of interacting with all the subjective experiences.
Howard RheingoldI think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.
Howard RheingoldActive people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting, it's about citizens talking with each other about the issues which concern them. We've lost a great deal of that in the age of the mass media.
Howard Rheingold