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Commons

I Am God

Douglas Rushkoff

The history of religion in the US from Puritanism to the present mirrors the evolution of capitalism. What we think of as "spirituality" today is not a departure from the narcissistic culture of consumption, but its truest expression. (more)

6-2-09

Commons

Program Your Own Money

Douglas Rushkoff

We are watching a financial meltdown, but what's dying is not business itself, but a financial parasite. The future actually looks brighter unencumbered by an investment industry that is a drag on business. (more)

3-26-09

Commons

Personal Democracy Forum Speech

Douglas Rushkoff

A video of the opening "invocation" I did for the Personal Democracy Forum last week, and a preview of some of the concepts coming in my next book, Corporatized. (more)

7-9-08

Commons

Beyond Brand Obama

Douglas Rushkoff

Nothing against Barak Obama, but we'd be mistaken to consider his politics a complete break from the past, a renaissance in participatory government, or the realization of an Internet-enabled "open source" democracy. (more)

6-11-08

Arts

Hollywood: The Next Record Industry

Douglas Rushkoff

To watch the AMPTP (movie and TV producers) disinformation campaign against the Writers Guild of America (screenwriters) is to watch a replay of the record industry's profit-motivated suicide of the 1990's. (more)

12-11-07

Tech

iPhone and the DE-volution of Handheld Computing Power

Douglas Rushkoff

The iPhone's net effect is to take computing power away from people. (more)

7-19-07

Arts

Invisible Hell Is Musical Heaven

Douglas Rushkoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's recently (re)-formed band, PTV3, just released its first album, Hell is Invisible... Heaven is Her/E. They kindly let me lay down a few tracks. (more)

7-12-07

Arts

Hillary Soprano: Ill-Conceived Media Virus

Douglas Rushkoff

I believe that Bill and Hillary's self-presentation as Tony and Carmela Soprano – however tongue-in-cheek – will mark the critical turning point in Hillary's campaign. From a semiotic perspective, she has just "offed" herself.(more)

6-27-07

Arts

Jim Henson Goes Existential

Douglas Rushkoff

I was obsessed with a strange and haunting show called The Cube as a kid. Thanks to YouTube, this little-known work of Henson's is back in the public eye. (more)

5-31-07