In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that what's missing from telephones and computer interfaces is this ability to move around in three-space.
Howard RheingoldYou can't pick up the telephone and say, 'Connect me with someone else who has a kid with leukemia.'
Howard RheingoldYou can't assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible.
Howard Rheingold