Embracing Apocalypse
What if it’s not the end of the world?
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Douglas Rushkoff on sustaining humanity in a digital world — tech, media, and culture.
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23 of 23Summer of Ludd and the New Presentist Activism
When the Means Justify the Ends
What Would Bruce Lee Do? UFC Propaganda and the Myth of Might Makes Right
Why this philosophy of life is being promoted right now, why it doesn’t genuinely explain the natural world, and why a civilization based on that principles isn’t truly a civilization at all.
Just Die
Living the best life means resisting the temptation to stay here forever
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Kevin Slavin on Decoding the Genome
Grifters Gonna Grift
It's time to retrieve our Spidey sense
Navigating the Swirl
Let Death Do its Thing
The Grid is Not the Ground
Escaping the simulation for the somatic
The Internet Felt Like This in 1994.
AI Might Be Our Last Chance.
The Holy War Delusion
Is it time to retire our religions?
The Tech Elite's Frictionless Fantasy
The digital world promises a frictionless existence of infinite growth, convenience, and scale. But what happens when that virtual map starts consuming the real territory?
My Dinner with Jeffrey
What the Epstein Files Reveal About Us All
🔴 A Wild Live with Douglas Rushkoff
A recording from Douglas Rushkoff and Sarah Wilson's live video
Become the Ground
Time to stop preparing for whats' next and respond to what is.
You Are Not Crazy
Reality has become absurd. Those of us who see it for what it is, who know its origins, and who know that it is constructed? We are the sane ones here.
Why I'm Getting Weird
Tilt your head to the side like a dog and consider the impossible
The Joy of Becoming Worthless…except to each other
Life after capitalism may not suck for humans
The Intentional Collapse
The elite are committed to the end of the world, but we don't have to be.
Borrow a Drill, Save the World
The high leverage point for systemwide change is not an idea, but a behavior
Is it Okay to Feel Good in the Midst of Chaos?
Why embracing bliss in dark times helps everyone
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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.
Life is Not a Simulation: It's Magic
Your embodiment is your connection to the real story