#douglasrushkoff

― Douglas Rushkoff

This wasn’t a break from consumer capitalism, but the fulfillment of its ultimate purpose. And, by the 1970s, many other sectors and industries seemed to be coalescing around the same set of potentials. Computer scientists were pondering artificial intelligence; personal transformation gurus were helping people walk over burning coals; specially phased audio tapes helped people journey out of body. Mind over matter became the mantra. People sought to escape biological limits before middle age, not to mention death.

Grant Morrison, Douglas Rushkoff & Victoria Beattie, Bloomsbury, London, 1998. #jacuzzi #grantmorrison #douglasrushkoff #victoriabeattie #secretoriginsexhibition #35mm #analogphotography #canon #bloomsbury #disco2000 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxul2Pkh9VB/?igshid=mf64aeogd16z

A good talk for people working in tech, to step back and look at what we are building, from a wider perspective – to look more closely at how it is (and could be) used, and relook the way we are assessing whether we are building something “good”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Douglas Rushkoff talks about the current state of data and tech – how it’s dehumanising us. He also shares his hopes for the digital future. This event has already passed but the video is available online: https://tinyurl.com/drushkoff #sharingiscaring #teamhuman #MITMedialab #digitalfuture #douglasrushkoff

This is me #preyendingtoread #throwingrocksatthegooglebus by #douglasrushkoff for a#selfiewithbook theme. I've since started actually reading the book and am almostt half way through. It occurs to me that my expression isn't right. The book is inteiguing but nott necessarily as intense as this image would make it seem. #selfasmodel #selfportrait #literature Feel free to suggesr interesting and relevant hashtags.