From the earliest internet message board to today’s highly-watched speedruns on Twitch, digital technology has satiated the human need to connect, collaborate, and form communities. Biographer Walter Isaacson, author of the new book “The Innovators,” explains how innovations such as chat rooms, blogs, and social media all serve the purpose of engendering community. He then predicts how new technologies will only serve to bring us closer together on the virtual stage.
Walter Isaacson: Building Communities Around New Technology
By Sheeraz Raza
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