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We think of them as mobile phones, but the personal computer, mobile phone and the Internet are merging into some new medium like the personal computer in the 1980s or the Internet in the 1990s.

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It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens.

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There is an elementary level of trust that is necessary for community. You have to be able to trust that your neighbors aren't going to look into your mailbox.

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The two parts of technology that lower the threshold for activism and technology is the Internet and the mobile phone. Anyone who has a cause can now mobilize very quickly.

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On the Internet, it is assumed people are in business to sell out, not to build something they can pass along to their grandkids.

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Advertising in the past has been predicated on a mass market and a captive audience.

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Technology no longer consists just of hardware or software or even services, but of communities. Increasingly, community is a part of technology, a driver of technology, and an emergent effect of technology.

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People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance.

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Young voters are crucial. The trend over recent years has been for them to drift away. So anything that gets young voters interested in the electoral process not only has an immediate effect, but has an effect for years and years.

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The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Critic

Born: July 7th, 1947

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