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Howard Rheingold on What Makes a Community a Community

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Channel: The Long Now Foundation · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Whole Earth contributor and social media pioneer Howard Rheingold on what makes a community a community.

From "Whole Earth Catalog: 50th Anniversary Celebration" :
https://youtu.be/31mXWZAgCF4

The evening program of The Whole Earth Catalog 50th Anniversary Celebration was held on October 13, 02018, and featured conversations between Whole Earth Catalog contributors and contemporary wave-makers as they discussed the legacy of the Catalog and what the next 50 years might hold. Speakers included Ryan Phelan, Danica Remy, Rusty Schweickart, Kevin Kelly, Simone Giertz, Howard Rheingold, Chip Conley, Stephanie Mills, Stephanie Feldstein, Stewart Brand and Sal Khan.

The event was sponsored by the San Francisco Art Institute, WIRED, The Long Now Foundation, Ken and Maddy Dychtwald, Peter and Cathleen Schwartz, Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan, Juan and Mary Enriquez, and Gerry Ohrstrom.

You can learn more about the Whole Earth Catalog 50th Anniversary Celebration at: http://wholeearth50th.com

Watch Whole Earth Flashbacks, a documentary that profiles the creators of the Whole Earth Catalog and the community they inspired: https://vimeo.com/294878432


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