When designers replaced the command line interface with the graphical user interface, billions of people who are not programmers could make use of computer technology.
Howard RheingoldCommunicating online goes back to the Defense Department's Arpanet which started in 1969. There was something called Usenet that started in 1980, and this gave people an opportunity to talk about things that people on these more official networks didn't talk about.
Howard RheingoldWe've got a planet in which we don't want to have everybody having sex, and most people are lonely anyway.
Howard RheingoldMaybe there is no objective experience, but there is a certain way of interacting with all the subjective experiences.
Howard Rheingold