Member Since:
Nov. 25, 2012
Howard Rheingold
Biography
Howard Rheingold is a critic, writer, and teacher; his specialties are the cultural, social and polit-ical implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a term he is credited with inventing).
Among the books he has written are Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Arti-ficial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society, Virtual Communities: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontiers, and Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology. He is a visiting lecturer, teaching classes in virtual communities and social media at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley.
Among the books he has written are Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, Virtual Reality: The Revolutionary Technology of Computer-Generated Arti-ficial Worlds - and How It Promises to Transform Society, Virtual Communities: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontiers, and Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology. He is a visiting lecturer, teaching classes in virtual communities and social media at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley.
Where to find Howard Rheingold online
Website: http://rheingold.com
Twitter: @hrheingold
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://rheingold.com
Twitter: @hrheingold
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://rheingold.com
Where to buy in print
Books
Mind Amplifier: Can Our Digital Tools Make Us Smarter?
by Howard Rheingold
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 14,890.
Language:
American English.
Published: January 19, 2022
by
Stillpoint Digital Press.
Categories:
Essay » Technology, Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Social aspects / human-computer interaction
Howard Rheingold examines the origins of digital mind-extending tools, and then lays out the foundations for their future. Rheingold proposes an applied, interdisciplinary science of mind amplification. Rheingold unveils a new protocol for developing techno-cognitive-social technologies that embrace empathy, mindfulness, and compassion elements lacking from existing digital mind-tools.
Excursions to the Far Side of the Mind: A Book of Memes
by Howard Rheingold
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 67,990.
Language:
American English.
Published: November 25, 2012
by
Stillpoint Digital Press.
Categories:
Essay » Technology, Essay » Sociology
Renowned for exploring the social implications of modern technology, Howard Rheingold has been dubbed by MIT "the first citizen of the Internet." In this collection of funny, prescient, thought-provoking essays, originally published during the 1970s and 1980s, he offers a glimpse into the changes wrought during that explosive period.