Rushkoff on Tiger

In the latest Daily Beast:

in spite of our increasing familiarity and comfort with the Internet, most of us still have pitifully little idea of the fossil record of data we leave trailing behind us every day, all the time. Until, of course, it is too late.

Read the whole piece here.

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Rushkoff on Colbert Report

Here's last night's Colbert Report interview with Douglas Rushkoff. His answer to Colbert's first question is such a sledgehammer that it draws applause from the audience. Bang!

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch VII

"We can engage with one another in ways that have been systematically removed from the equation. We will make less money in the process, but we will also spend less money in the process. And I promise you it's more fun."

Life Inc. Dispatch 07: Less is More from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch VI

"If you want a really free market, then we should be able to have not just one government-mandated currency."

Life Inc. Dispatch 06: Why Corporations Hate the Free Market from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch V

"Even the spiritual people among us talk about 'self actualization' as if that's the highest thing a person can attain."

"If people are cooperating and collaborating, it's not good for the economy. People who are sharing stuff buy less stuff. If people buy less stuff, that's bad for the GNP."

Life Inc. Dispatch 05: Markets Love Selfish People from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Douglas Rushkoff on WNYC with Brian Lehrer

This is apropo, because one of the founding anecdotes of Life, Inc. is Rushkoff's mugging in 2007. When he started getting pushback for talking about it from his neighbors concerned about their property values, he went on Lehrer's show.

Here's that interview, from January of 2007.

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Douglas Rushkoff Life Inc., Dispatch IV

Life Inc. Dispatch 04: It's Just Little Brown People Over There, Somewhere from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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Douglas Rushkoff Life, Inc. Dispatch II

Life Inc. Dispatch 02: Insulation Equation from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

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