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“All you have to do is mate.”

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Howard Rheingold

Howard Rheingold is a writer, scholar, and digital media thinker. Born on July 7, 1947, he is renowned for his profound insights into network culture, collaboration, and the digital age. Rheingold's writings cover a range of topics from cyberliteracy to virtual reality, and his works have had a significant impact on understanding social and technological changes in the digital era. more

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“There are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside the arteries. You could see a social reaction in which people would want to regulate this technology because they are threatened by it, and thereby cause a lot of harm. There are several scenarios that are happening at once. The other scenario is that the Japanese are going for this in a big way.”

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“Every big company has some little guy who is an enthusiast off in the corner working on technology. In Japan, it is integrated into their high-level strategy. They see it as a communication medium, because for them, just the words - and this is the problem that they have with Americans - just the words they say to you is not the complete message. Their facial expressions, their body language, there is a lot of context. Also, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well.”