Rushkoff

I write about how we can sustain our humanity in a highly digital world.

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59 implied HN points 02 Nov 24
  1. Sometimes healing takes time, and doing nothing can be the best way to let systems fix themselves. It's okay to pause and wait for change.
  2. Allowing ourselves to feel fear or sadness can help us transform those feelings into something positive. It's important to process our emotions instead of ignoring them.
  3. Voting is a basic tool to influence change, even if the candidates aren't perfect. It's better to choose someone who cares about important issues like nature and human rights.
199 implied HN points 17 Oct 24
  1. There is a book launch party happening in NYC on November 3, celebrating the updated edition of 'Program or Be Programmed.'
  2. The event includes a conversation about the impact of psychedelics and digital society's future.
  3. Attendance is free for a limited number of people who RSVP, and it will also be live-streamed for those who can't attend in person.
558 implied HN points 31 Jan 24
  1. The importance of valuing and connecting with the soil and farming as a crucial, meaningful profession.
  2. Dignity is found in work that involves the ground and real, hands-on activities like farming, childcare, and community building.
  3. The significance of embracing local, community-focused actions, connecting with others, and maintaining a sense of human dignity through lived experiences.
558 implied HN points 03 Jan 24
  1. The Covid virus is being seen as novel and synthetic, challenging our tendency to substitute digital metrics for organic sensibilities.
  2. We should be cautious about mistaking digital phenomena for real life, as the synthetic has been embraced as superior in the digital media environment.
  3. Online connectivity lacks the organic quality of in-person interactions, leading to exchanges that tend towards the ideological and binary, rather than the spiritual and compassionate.
199 implied HN points 07 Feb 24
  1. Narratives help us make sense of things and give us direction.
  2. Present shock and digital technology can make reality disorienting and scary.
  3. Some powerful individuals are so focused on their accelerated growth that they ignore the external costs they create.
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