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I'm somebody who seems to stumble into things 10 or 20 years before the rest of the world does.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
Essayist
Literary Critic
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Advertising in the past has been predicated on a mass market and a captive audience.
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Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.
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It's quintessentially American to transform your family.
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My mission is to try to get a lot more global view.
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Make your own fun. As opposed to consume fun like a package of Spam.
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Everything is removed. You're actually doing something dangerous when you get in your car, when you're getting on an airplane, or having sex.
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In Japanese organizations, before you have a meeting and you've got an idea that you want to get across, you go talk to everyone and list them. And then the meeting, you don't do it American style where everyone gets up and advocates and conflicts and decides, you get up and formalize agreements.
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All you have to do is mate.
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The Western model for a meeting is you have an agenda and you come in and everyone says things.
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