The web came from the participation of hundreds of thousands of people who began putting up web sites and linking to each other.
Innovation on the web was deliberately reserved to the edges of the network, allowing people to use the web protocols without rewiring the internet.
Young people who weren't participants or working for some company were interested in what they could do with the web and this led to the creation of websites like Facebook and Google.
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.