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What the Japanese are, are the Americans of the 21st century. Essentially what is objectionable about them is what was objectionable about Americans when we had the ball. However, they are committed in a way that American technology is not.

Howard Rheingold

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Howard Rheingold
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 7
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