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I don’t want to sound like some old person pining for how things used to be, because I’m not. But walking down the street, for example, used to be a public activity; you’d see the other people. Douglas Rushkoff
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I don’t want to sound like some old person pining for how things used to be, because I’m not. But walking down the street, for example, used to be a public activity; you’d see the other people. Douglas Rushkoff
Most Internet business theorists are really looking at preserving the necks of giant, Fortune 500 companies, rather than promoting the digital, peer-to-peer economy that actually wants to happen. Douglas Rushkoff
We are moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames. Douglas Rushkoff
I feel like the smartest people in my field are busy reinforcing the old models with new technology. Douglas Rushkoff
A society that’s addicted to narratives with beginnings, middles, and endings will eventually yearn to end. We just want it to end. Douglas Rushkoff
Unfortunately, for the vast majority of us, a vast majority of the time, we surrender our true autonomy to this illusion of agency. I’m as guilty as anybody, and I write about it in a book. I’m not condemning anybody. Douglas Rushkoff
Corporations [gained] direct access to what we may think of as our humanity, emotions, and agency but, in this context, are really just buttons. Douglas Rushkoff
Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know, you just check it and check it, and every once in a while there’s some juicy little tidbit of reward, like the three quarters that pop down on a one-armed bandit. And that keeps you coming back for more. Douglas Rushkoff
The function of a book is to provide a reading experience. Douglas Rushkoff
Computers don’t kill books; people do. Douglas Rushkoff