If 80,000,000 polygons per second is reality, what happens to you when you live in a world 160,000,000?
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 RheingoldThere are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but it's notโ - โlike a Dead show is not like a usual sit-down performance; the audience does participate.
Howard RheingoldI certainly think we're losing a lot of our connections with other people. I fear in my most pessimistic moments that the computer is simply another step down the road which we have already taken quite a few steps on. We're talking to each other on computers because we don't talk across the fence.
Howard Rheingold