Ideas change everything

The new power of collaboration

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Howard Rheingold |

TED2005

• February 2005

Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

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Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.

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About the speaker

Howard Rheingold

Digital community builder

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Writer, artist and designer, theorist and community builder, Howard Rheingold is one of the driving minds behind our net-enabled, open, collaborative life.

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Check out the Cooperation Commons

Howard Rheingold developed this extensive compendium of resources in partnership with the Institute for the Future. Read articles and more at cooperationcommons.com.

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