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Americans love technology, like jet planes and hot rods and televisions. It's a real conflict between the denial of, gee this is going to break people out of their regular frames, and gee it's a new technology I have got to have it.

Howard Rheingold

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