Technological civilization has now dominated the earth to the point where there is a big question what is going to happen next.
Howard RheingoldHuman beings were human beings anatomically for several hundred thousand years, wandering around, hunting and gathering. And then suddenly, at the same time they started painting in caves they started multiplying.
Howard RheingoldHumans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can't do individually.
Howard RheingoldThe 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 RheingoldIt used to be that if your automobile broke, the teenager down the street with the wrench could fix it. Now you have to have sophisticated equipment that can deal with microchips. We're entering a world in which the complexity of the devices and the system of interconnecting devices is beyond our capability to easily understand.
Howard Rheingold