When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.
Bill GatesRead
Whenever a technology enables people to organize at a pace that wasn't before possible, new kinds of politics emerge.
Interpretation
What this quote means
New technologies can change how people interact and organize politically.
This quote by Howard Rheingold suggests that advancements in technology fundamentally alter the mechanisms through which people can gather, communicate, and mobilize for political purposes. When technology allows for faster and more efficient organization, it paves the way for innovative political movements and structures that were previously unimaginable, reshaping societal dynamics and influencing governance.
Themes
TechnologyPoliticsOrganizationCommunicationChange
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during a discussion on social media's impact on political campaigns.
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