Fresh Air 1993: Interview about online communication
Originally published for paying Patreon members on 2019-07-15. Republished here after a 90-day patron-first period.
Fresh Air just made their archives available, so naturally I searched for my 1993 interview about my book, The Virtual Community:
Writer Howard Rheingold. In his newest book, "The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier" (Addison- Wesley) he argues that although computer mediated communication has made it possible for people to have access to almost anything, it is dangerous as well. Rheingold says individuals must keep using the internet as a way to express their views or they will loose the ability to do so, as the government and large corporations become more aware of the technology's capabilities.