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Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.
Howard Rheingold
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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
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It used to be that if your automobile broke, the teenager down the street with the wrench could fix it. Now you have to have sophisticated equipment that can deal with microchips. We're entering a world in which the complexity of the devices and the system of interconnecting devices is beyond our capability to easily understand.
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Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them.
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