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The Economy Needs to Be More Human: A Chat With Douglas Rushkoff
The writer and media critic on the future of the web, his new podcast, and what's wrong with guaranteed minimum income.
Aaron Swartz's Art: What Does Your Google Image Search Look Like in Other Countries?
Image Atlas was built on a simple question: what does your Google Image Search look like in other places?
How Close Is America to a Closed Internet?
Three years after Facebook-friendly dissidents took to the streets of Tehran and made techno-optimists giddy about the Internet's liberating potential, things have gotten bleak. Once again, the mullahs are taking on democracy-minded netizens -- but...
Motherboard TV: Douglas Rushkoff in Real Life
For someone who likes to talk about the virtues of disconnecting, the media critic Douglas Rushkoff seems surprisingly always on. When I visited him at his storefront office near his home in Hastings on Hudson, New York, he was preparing to teach a new...
14 Top Internet Minds Explain How Facebook's IPO Will Push Your Life Buttons
It’s only been a week, but already everyone’s acting like nothing’s changed. Facebook announced its astronomical $5 billion initial public offering last Wednesday, giving it a valuation somewhere in the ballpark of "$75 billion to $100 billion":http...