The Informed Life

Howard Rheingold on Tools for Thought

Aug 14, 2022

30:42

Episode guests

Howard Rheingold

Highlights

AI Chapters

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The Power of Senius in Shaping the Modern World

00:39

What's the State of the Seitgeis Now?

04:46

How to Be a Better Observer of the Environment

05:39

Ike, I'm Wearing a Computer on My Wrist, and I Have One in My Pocket

03:33

Introduction

5min

What Happened After the Second Edition of the Time Magazine?

3min

Humans Using Language, Art Effects, Methodology and Training

2min

Ike, I'm Wearing a Computer on My Wrist, and I Have One in My Pocket

4min

How to Be a Better Observer of the Environment

6min

Tools for Thinking, How New Technologies Are Changing How We Create, Share and Build Knowledge

3min

What's the State of the Seitgeis Now?

5min

The Business Model of Fac Book and Google and Others

4min

Howard Rheingold is an eminent author, maker, and educator. His work has explored and defined key aspects of digital culture, including the use of computers as tools for mind augmentation, virtual communities, and social media literacy.

In this conversation, we discuss computers as extensions for our minds, Douglas Engelbart’s unfinished revolution, basic literacies for interacting in information environments, and the resurgence of Tools for Thought.

Photo by Joi Ito (CC BY 2.0)

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