Howard Rheingold Text Quotations

The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days sent by Chinese citizens. These are early indications that it's going to be difficult for people who used to have control over the news to maintain that level of control.

People's behavior will change with technology. I know very few young people who can't type out a text message on their phone with one thumb, for instance.