Difference between revisions of "Howard Rheingold"
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Rheingold's fascination with mind-altering and its methods led him in the early 1980s to the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Xerox PARC, where he had a chance to work on the earliest personal computers. This led to his writing Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology (1985), a history of the people behind the development of the personal computer. | Rheingold's fascination with mind-altering and its methods led him in the early 1980s to the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Xerox PARC, where he had a chance to work on the earliest personal computers. This led to his writing Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology (1985), a history of the people behind the development of the personal computer. | ||
| − | In 1985 he joined The WELL, an influential early online community | + | In 1985 he joined The WELL, an influential early online community founded by [[Stewart Brand]] and [[Larry Brilliant]]. He explored that experience in his book The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (1993). During that period he also wrote and published the book Virtual Reality: Exploring the Brave New Technologies of Artificial Experience and Interactive Worlds from Cyberspace to Teledildonics (1991). |
==Whole Earth and HotWired== | ==Whole Earth and HotWired== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Howard's Stuff]] | *[[Howard's Stuff]] | ||
| + | *[[Mindamplifier]] | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
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