December 2011
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RT Book Reviews - Interview about upcoming graphic... →
This interview was used by permission from the current issue of RT Book Reviews - January 2012.
November 2011
4 posts
Reality as Subversion →
I wrote this piece six years ago for Arthur magazine, anticipating or at least wishing for the Occupy movement. LSD magazine just republished it in their latest issue with some beautiful graphics,
Zuccotti 451 →
A book can have more influence for being destroyed than having existed in the first place. This week isn’t the first time my books have been destroyed, but it’s probably the most…
Occupy Reality - Transcript →
People have been asking for a transcript of the little speech I gave at Occupy Wall Street on Wenesday November 9. It amounts to a one-page summary of my book Life Inc. (In other words, if you…
Occupy Reality - An Occupy Wall St. Teach In →
OWS Teach-In with Douglas Rushkoff from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo. Here’s the short introduction to what became a one-hour teach at Occupy Wall St. on Wednesday. Thanks to the People’s…
October 2011
2 posts
Alternet Interview: The First 21st-Century... →
Media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff talks to AlterNet’s Sarah Jaffe about building a better Internet, the job-free future, and how Occupy Wall Street could save us.
By Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet Posted on October 17, 2011, Printed on October 23, 2011
Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it →
(CNN) — Like the spokesmen for Arab dictators feigning bewilderment over protesters’ demands, mainstream television news reporters finally training their attention on the growing Occupy Wall…
September 2011
3 posts
You Are Not Facebook's Customer →
(CNN) — The ire and angst accompanying Facebook’s most recent tweaks to its interface are truly astounding. The complaints rival the irritation of AOL’s dial-up users back in the mid-’90s, who…
Wall St Journal Video: Does America Really Need... →
All the fixation on creating jobs in America is outdated and misguided, argues media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff. He explains to WSJ’s Dennis Berman his theory on new models that could…
CNN.com: Are Jobs Obsolete? →
Editor’s note: Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist and the author of “Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age” and “Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How We…
August 2011
1 post
CNN.com: Cutting social media no answer to flash... →
(CNN) — In the past, people seemed to require a massive “cue” to form a mob. The New York blackouts of the summer of 1977 resulted in citywide looting, not just because alarm systems were down,…
Wired Reviews Program or Be Programmed →
Twelve books after Cyberia, my first Wired review! And interview!
Now that much of what Rushkoff has predicted over the years has come to pass, he is uniquely qualified to write what may be one…
June 2011
1 post
Contact Innovation Awards →
It’s rare that I get to put some money where my mouth is. In this case, thankfully, it’s someone else’s money.
An anonymous donor has put up $30,000 for me to use at the Contact…
May 2011
2 posts
LSD Magazine Interview →
Giant interview with me about alt.topics, just published in a (for now) web-only magazine called LSD.
Here’s the link.
Two New Videos →
Here are two fun new ones. The first is a clip of an evening interview last month for “Rushkoff on Broadway” with Newsweek’s Jeremy McCarter. They should be showing the whole thing on cableTV…
April 2011
1 post
Rushkoff on Broadway Recap →
Nice summary of last week’s event via PBS.org‘s Need to Know blog.
“So I browsed the Net for three hours. Did I make anyone happier? Did it earn me money? Am I a better person? So why did I…
March 2011
3 posts
Party Like It’s 1992 →
I was about to deliver the closing talk for a social media conference called Pivot last year, when I all-at-once realized that almost nobody there had any idea what social media was…
Rushkoff on Broadway →
I’m about to hole up to write another book and spend more time with family. But before I do, I thought it might be nice to punctuate the last few years of writing and thinking with one…
Sainthood in the Church Of Earthalujah →
You are cordially invited to my canonization. This one should be fun. Sunday evening in NYC. Or live streamed from here:
Douglas Rushkoff Gets Sainted At This Week’s Church Of…
February 2011
7 posts
Command for Librarians in a Digital Age →
The indie publication of Program or Be Programmed meant no reviews in the traditional publishing press journals (Kirkus, PW) but Library Journal has become a real friend to the book and its…
Program or Be Programmed Study Guide →
We just completed the Program or Be Programmed Study Guide, available here or via orbooks.com along with academic discounts for classes. The guide is accessible enough for high school students…
The Evolution Will Be Socialized →
Just posted on Shareable:
From the actions of the Egyptian government to the policies of Facebook, the monopolies of central banks to the corporatization of the Internet, we are witnessing the…
Venessa Meimis reviews Program or Be Programmed →
A compelling review of Program or Be Programmed, from Venessa Meimis of Emergent By Design. The best summary of the most important ideas, by someone who has been thinking deeply about…
Egypt Proves We Need a New Net →
published on CNN
(CNN) — For all that the revolution in Egypt tells us about the power of networked media to promote bottom-up change, it even more starkly reveals the limits of our…
Newsvine Interview →
Scott Bukti, of Newsvine, did this email interview with me last week.
When it comes to writing and talking about the internet Douglas Rushkoff has been around the block (or driven his share of…
Laura Flanders GritTV →
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be doing monthly commentary/conversations with the fabulously brilliant Laura Flanders on GritTV. If it goes well enough, I might try to ramp up the frequency, but even…
January 2011
9 posts
The Facebook Panopticon →
So everyone is up in arms about Facebook’s latest effort to serve its assets (us) up to its customers (the advertising industry). The new idea, already in practice, is called “Sponsored Stories.” It…
Program or Be Programmed Interview on Wisconsin... →
Here’s a nice hour-long interview from Wisconsin Public Radio, 1/21/2011.
Anne Strainchamps talks with media theorist Douglas Rushkoff about his strategies for living right in the digital age….
States Join Corporatism Tango →
Lawmakers leaked to the NYTimes this morning their intent to find a way for States to re-organize their debts under something much like bankruptcy.
The problem is that State’s pension and…
Facebook hype will fade →
I have a piece on CNN.com today arguing that Facebook’s days are numbered.
(CNN) — All signs for Facebook appear to be pointing up.
Mark Zuckerberg is Time’s Man of the Year, the movie about him…
Why Marketing Threatens the True Promise of Social... →
I just wrote this for Mashable:
Social media is everywhere, and finally accepted as much as, well, as much as the Internet itself. Sadly, though, in reaching this level of ubiquity, we have ended…
Program or Be Programmed on Frontline Digital... →
The PBS Frontline Digital Nation project really did inspire my most recent book, Program or Be Programmed. In these (admittedly bad-hair-day) video clips, I explain the connection between…
Back to the Bazaar →
Just wrote this piece for a magazine called One+ about why it’s important to bring commerce into culture. It’s written for events planners (I’m actually going to be one, myself, very shortly –…
Time for a Next Net →
Just posted this to Shareable: a call that we leave this Internet behind and go build a new one.
The moment the “net neutrality” debate began was the moment the net neutrality debate was lost. For…
Life Inc – the movie in Japanese, the book in... →
Keiko Tanaka just translated Life Inc, the movie, to Japanese – just in time to celebrate the paperback release tomorrow. (Thanks Keiko! I am honored.) To watch with English,…
December 2010
8 posts
Finally: Life Inc for under 10 bucks. →
It took a while, but my $28 corporate-published book, Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World and How We Can Take it Back is now available – thanks to various corporate discounts –…
Last Day of Work →
Here’s the story I wrote for Intel’s Morrow Project, where they commissioned four writers to do science fiction pieces. They were supposed to cast technology in a positive light, which…
Pekar and Rushkoff on a Life Incorporated →
Part Two of my collaboration with Harvey Pekar and Sean Pryor just went up at the Pekar Project. In this panel he recommends people read my book Life Inc, which just about made my…
Just in time for the Amazon boycott… →
Program or Be Programmed is now available on the Kindle!
My Business Manifesto →
On the eve of the paperback publication of Life Inc, as well as to show businesses why understanding the biases of digital media outlined in Program or Be Programmed might be worth an…
Symposium on Wikileaks and Internet Freedom →
In the digital age, should all information be free? Does good government require secrecy, or more openness? Can we trust private internet service providers to defend free speech? Is Wikileaks a…
Equal Time for Free Thought →
Nice radio show on WBAI in NY. Broadcasting this interview with me by Michael O’Neil today at 3p. It should be available via that link for a while, though.
Me being mad →
Although it might not readily show, this q/a with Yahoo News Advertising Blog is an example of me giving an interview while I’m pissed off.
Yahoo! Advertising Blog: You were the grand finale at…
November 2010
8 posts
And now with Spanish subtitles →
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It’s Spain day for me. Just got invited to a Las Indias related event there in January. Hoping…
Yay, a review! →
Finally, the first print review of Program or Be Programmed. The independently published book has gotten plenty of coverage from the net and radio, but – until now – nothing in print. It’s as if…
Grit TV with Laura Flanders →
More GRITtv
Do you all know about Laura Flanders webcast, Grit TV? It certainly lives up to the promise of web distribution and, with any luck, indicates something of our media future:…
More Choice or Less? →
Nice new review and interview up at 800-CEO-Reads, about Program or Be Programmed and the phenomenon of increased choice.
Douglas Rushkoff follows his full size, largely distributed Life, Inc….
NYC Radio and Party →
Wednesday, November 17:
Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, 11am or thereabouts. Listen from here. I’ll link to the podcast once it has happened.
Also, the MediaBistro Book Club Party at Honey Lounge…
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At KQED Forum hosted by Michael Krasny.
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