Douglas Rushkoff
@rushkoff.com
I write and think about media, technology, and society. Survival of the Richest, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Team Human - which is also a podcast. https://rushkoff.com
Corporations invaded the net, took it over and turned it into an accelerationist nightmare. But they are ignoring the real world in the process. They believe they are leaving it behind for something abstract and better.
Let them take the net as long as we can take back the real world.
Let them take the net as long as we can take back the real world.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Corporations invaded the net, took it over and turned it into an accelerationist nightmare. But they are ignoring the real world in the process. They believe they are leaving it behind for something abstract and better.
Let them take the net as long as we can take back the real world.
Let them take the net as long as we can take back the real world.
The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/is-ai-the-...
rushkoff.substack.com/p/is-ai-the-...
Is AI the next Dumbwaiter?
The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.
rushkoff.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/is-ai-the-...
rushkoff.substack.com/p/is-ai-the-...
Our job as Team Human is not to succumb to the zero-sum mentality of the wealthy.
They’re the ones who have given up on prosperity.
They are living the nightmare.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-intent...
They’re the ones who have given up on prosperity.
They are living the nightmare.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-intent...
The Intentional Collapse
The elite are committed to the end of the world, but we don't have to be.
rushkoff.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Our job as Team Human is not to succumb to the zero-sum mentality of the wealthy.
They’re the ones who have given up on prosperity.
They are living the nightmare.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-intent...
They’re the ones who have given up on prosperity.
They are living the nightmare.
rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-intent...
Reposted by Douglas Rushkoff
If you're not already following @rushkoff.com on all the medias, at least join me Wednesday morning at 10 eastern, when I join him for post-election analysis -- very unlike other post-election analysis! -- live on YouTube.
You can click through now to sign up for a notification when we start...!
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Team Human Live w/ Douglas Rushkoff and Jonathan Larsen
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you're not already following @rushkoff.com on all the medias, at least join me Wednesday morning at 10 eastern, when I join him for post-election analysis -- very unlike other post-election analysis! -- live on YouTube.
You can click through now to sign up for a notification when we start...!
You can click through now to sign up for a notification when we start...!
@andrewslack.bsky.social, comedian and writer of Orphans, Empires, and the Search for a Better World, discusses the hidden history of corporate power, the mythic roots of American identity, and how hope - and solar panels - might just save us all.
📺 Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsF2...
📺 Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsF2...
Andrew Slack: Superman vs Ubermensch | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff ep. 340
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@andrewslack.bsky.social, comedian and writer of Orphans, Empires, and the Search for a Better World, discusses the hidden history of corporate power, the mythic roots of American identity, and how hope - and solar panels - might just save us all.
📺 Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsF2...
📺 Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsF2...
A tech bro on acid is just a tech bro on acid.
September 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A tech bro on acid is just a tech bro on acid.
In his Prison Notebooks, written under the repression of Italian Fascist regime, Antonio Gramsci said politics is downstream of culture
But while politics may be downstream of culture, culture is downstream of rapport. If you don’t have rapport, then culture ends up being about difference.
But while politics may be downstream of culture, culture is downstream of rapport. If you don’t have rapport, then culture ends up being about difference.
September 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In his Prison Notebooks, written under the repression of Italian Fascist regime, Antonio Gramsci said politics is downstream of culture
But while politics may be downstream of culture, culture is downstream of rapport. If you don’t have rapport, then culture ends up being about difference.
But while politics may be downstream of culture, culture is downstream of rapport. If you don’t have rapport, then culture ends up being about difference.
Is sharing too much of a threat to the global economy, or too small to make a difference?
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Borrow a Drill, Save the World | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff Ep. 333
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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September 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Is sharing too much of a threat to the global economy, or too small to make a difference?
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once.
It doesn’t.
📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...
I'm doing a one-evening event in London on my way back from a thing. July 1. Come if you can!
dandelion.events/e/x7o1n
dandelion.events/e/x7o1n
Douglas Rushkoff & Alexander Beiner in Conversation
Tue 1st Jul 2025, 7pm – 9pm BST (UTC +01:00)
dandelion.events
June 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm doing a one-evening event in London on my way back from a thing. July 1. Come if you can!
dandelion.events/e/x7o1n
dandelion.events/e/x7o1n
The Genesis P-Orridge documentary is coming out next week. It's all about magic in difficult times... David Hershkovitz and I are doing a conversation following the premiere:
www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/s...
www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/s...
S/He Is Still Her/e: The Genesis P-Orridge Documentary + Q&A | Roxy Reelness
An introduction, conversation and perhaps goodbye to Genesis P-Orridge, who left an astounding and provocative legacy on the world.
www.roxycinemanewyork.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Genesis P-Orridge documentary is coming out next week. It's all about magic in difficult times... David Hershkovitz and I are doing a conversation following the premiere:
www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/s...
www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/s...
I run a Media Studies MA program at CUNY/Queens, and the number of international applications has dropped precipitously. I assume it's fear of being here on a student visa, but wondering if anyone else at a grad program and is noticing the same, and how bad? We're at 10-20% of normal.
April 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I run a Media Studies MA program at CUNY/Queens, and the number of international applications has dropped precipitously. I assume it's fear of being here on a student visa, but wondering if anyone else at a grad program and is noticing the same, and how bad? We're at 10-20% of normal.
How can mystery and safety help us build stronger communities?
Radha Agrawal, author of Belong, helps us break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Vg...
Radha Agrawal, author of Belong, helps us break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Vg...
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How can mystery and safety help us build stronger communities?
Radha Agrawal, author of Belong, helps us break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Vg...
Radha Agrawal, author of Belong, helps us break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Vg...
How can we break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again?
Radha Agrawal, Co-Founder of Daybreaker, joins me on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H7VgvXYYh-I
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/315...
Radha Agrawal, Co-Founder of Daybreaker, joins me on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H7VgvXYYh-I
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/315...
Radha Agrawal | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff #315
YouTube video by Douglas Rushkoff
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April 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How can we break from our online-induced community confusion and learn to find true connectedness again?
Radha Agrawal, Co-Founder of Daybreaker, joins me on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H7VgvXYYh-I
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/315...
Radha Agrawal, Co-Founder of Daybreaker, joins me on a new episode of Team Human.
📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H7VgvXYYh-I
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/315...
Doing a free online talk for CUNY in three minutes, here:
www.cuny.edu/research/res...
www.cuny.edu/research/res...
Undergraduate Programs – The City University of New York
25 Colleges. One University.
www.cuny.edu
April 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Doing a free online talk for CUNY in three minutes, here:
www.cuny.edu/research/res...
www.cuny.edu/research/res...
Reposted by Douglas Rushkoff
I was thrilled to join the brilliant Doug @rushkoff.com on his Team Human podcast to say things that TV news people rarely if ever say about TV news...
...and, of course, to discuss The Fucking News!
...and, of course, to discuss The Fucking News!
Jonathan Larsen | Team Human
Ep. 313 Jonathan Larsen, Founder of The Fucking News , proves there's still a path forward for the fourth estate.
www.teamhuman.fm
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I was thrilled to join the brilliant Doug @rushkoff.com on his Team Human podcast to say things that TV news people rarely if ever say about TV news...
...and, of course, to discuss The Fucking News!
...and, of course, to discuss The Fucking News!
A public school district is considering whether to ban my book on tech billionaires, Survival of the Richest, for violating Trump's order on ridding DEI from schools. (I do not argue for giving tech bros equity/inclusion, so I'm not sure what the fuss would be about...)
patch.com/illinois/lag...
patch.com/illinois/lag...
Books On Race, Poor Before Lyons Township High Board
The list comes as Trump tries to ax DEI from schools. His administration threatens to stop the flow of money to violators.
patch.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A public school district is considering whether to ban my book on tech billionaires, Survival of the Richest, for violating Trump's order on ridding DEI from schools. (I do not argue for giving tech bros equity/inclusion, so I'm not sure what the fuss would be about...)
patch.com/illinois/lag...
patch.com/illinois/lag...
My great friend Mandy Keifetz's astoundingly well-written novel, Flea Circus, is now available in a new ebook edition:
www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...
www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...
Flea Circus: A Bestiary of Grief — Unnamed Press
by Mandy Keifetz An ebook exclusive from Unnamed Press Publication date: April 8, 2025 ISBN: 9781961884700 Ebook: $9.99
www.unnamedpress.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My great friend Mandy Keifetz's astoundingly well-written novel, Flea Circus, is now available in a new ebook edition:
www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...
www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...
Can America inform itself through journalism?
I asked @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, Founder of The Fucking News, to discuss the question Walter Lippmann and John Dewey debated a century ago on a new episode of Team Human.
Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8M4...
I asked @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, Founder of The Fucking News, to discuss the question Walter Lippmann and John Dewey debated a century ago on a new episode of Team Human.
Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8M4...
March 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can America inform itself through journalism?
I asked @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, Founder of The Fucking News, to discuss the question Walter Lippmann and John Dewey debated a century ago on a new episode of Team Human.
Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8M4...
I asked @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, Founder of The Fucking News, to discuss the question Walter Lippmann and John Dewey debated a century ago on a new episode of Team Human.
Watch now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8M4...
"I don't believe that the apocalypse is around the corner. I believe that even if everything is hell, even if everything is shit, that we keep living and we keep finding joy and beauty in it." @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on a new episode of Team Human.
Listen now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJk...
Listen now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJk...
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"I don't believe that the apocalypse is around the corner. I believe that even if everything is hell, even if everything is shit, that we keep living and we keep finding joy and beauty in it." @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on a new episode of Team Human.
Listen now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJk...
Listen now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJk...
I know it feels less exciting than what's going on in DC, but here's the patient person's response: www.eventbrite.com/cc/mutual-ai...
Mutual Aid 101
Are you interested in building a network of care and resistance in your local community? Join Shareable for a four-week mutual aid learning series!
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February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I know it feels less exciting than what's going on in DC, but here's the patient person's response: www.eventbrite.com/cc/mutual-ai...
Hey Berlin! I'm doing a reading next month My book Survival of the Richest hit #10 on German Amazon last night. First time I've seen a number like that in a long time. (Maybe people are coming to see that those tech billionaires may be out for themselves...) bit.ly/4hySoA0
Buchvorstellung mit Douglas Rushkoff - Dussmann - Das Kulturkaufhaus
Buchvorstellung mit Douglas Rushkoff
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February 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hey Berlin! I'm doing a reading next month My book Survival of the Richest hit #10 on German Amazon last night. First time I've seen a number like that in a long time. (Maybe people are coming to see that those tech billionaires may be out for themselves...) bit.ly/4hySoA0
SXSW event announced! "Weirding the Digital: An Invocation." Part speech, part sigil, I'm going to try to help us set a new course. schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
Featured Session: Weirding the Digital: An Invocation
SXSW 2025 Schedule | The net began as a haven for the counterculture and a catalyst for strange new possibilities, yet it quickly surrendered to the needs of the market for predictability and profits....
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January 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
SXSW event announced! "Weirding the Digital: An Invocation." Part speech, part sigil, I'm going to try to help us set a new course. schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
Coming to Indianapolis for a (free) talk and a visit. blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/2025/01...
You’re invited: talk by Douglas Rushkoff about the biases of digital media
Purdue Libraries invites you to attend a talk by Douglas Rushkoff, author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age, on Thursday, February 20, 5:15–6:15 PM in WALC 1132. The talk i...
blogs.lib.purdue.edu
January 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Coming to Indianapolis for a (free) talk and a visit. blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/2025/01...
I'd be happy with Facebook eliminating content moderation if it *also* eliminated its algorithmic content delivery. If it stopped selecting and editing content in the manner of a publication, then it would not have to follow journalistic guidelines.
But FB is no less a publication than the NYT.
But FB is no less a publication than the NYT.
January 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'd be happy with Facebook eliminating content moderation if it *also* eliminated its algorithmic content delivery. If it stopped selecting and editing content in the manner of a publication, then it would not have to follow journalistic guidelines.
But FB is no less a publication than the NYT.
But FB is no less a publication than the NYT.