Media Theorists
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Douglas Rushkoff
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Nicholas Carr
Author

Marshall Poe
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Jaron Lanier
Author

Ethan Zuckerman
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Janneke Adema
Author

Peter Turchi
Author

Cory Doctorow
Novelist

Mark Crispin Miller
Social Scientist

Chelsi Cocking
Software Developer

Dennis Howard
Journalist

David Carroll
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AI as Dumb Waiter 2.0: Douglas Rushkoff on How Smart Technology Isn't Quite as Smart as It Claims
Douglas Rushkoff has spent decades warning how each new digital technological “revolution” has promised liberation but actually only compounds social and economic injustice. Six months after describing AI to me as the "first native app for the internet," the New York City media theorist and author returns with a provoc
Duncan Trussell, comedian and Host of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, joins Rushkoff to explore how we can best metabolize rising geopolitical tensions, the ways billionaires view the power of the AIs they’ve developed, the relationship between comedy and fascism, and the importance of human connection and community.
Erik Davis: AI, Weirdness, and Windows to Other Worlds
Playing for Team Human today, the author of TechGnosis, High Weirdness, and the just released history of the LSD medium Blotter, esoteric scholar Erik Davis. https://techgnosis.com/ Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https:

AEWCH 294: DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF (1/2 of a two part episode with TEAM HUMAN!)
Episode Description I'm joined by author, teacher, and theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. He’s one of the most important intellectuals of our time, some people call him a futurist, but he's always a step ahead of the future. The is the part 2 of the conversation we had on Doug’s podcast, TEAM HUMAN called "LIVE UP TO YOUR FOO
As the web rots and spams and scams infiltrate every aspect of modern life, we need to re-learn how to prioritize authentic human experiences. Media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff, host of the Team Human podcast, joins the ritual to discuss the strange state of the world and which new weird edges are inviting opt
Episode 2539: Marshall Poe on why Gaza is becoming Israel's Vietnam
History, Marshall Poe wrote in December 2023, shows that Israel will never win a “war of occupation”. Eighteen months later, with Israel on the brink of a full scale occupation of Gaza, Poe’s argument is even more relevant. the Gaza war, the historian warns, is turning into Israel’s Vietnam - an unwinnable occupation t