(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,…

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…

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…

Giant interview with me about alt.topics, just published in a (for now) web-only magazine called LSD.

Here’s the link.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…