Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

Science fiction author and futurist Madeline Ashby helps us understand why Hollywood’s future belongs to people - not machines. 🎙️In his monologue, Rushkoff warns us that spectacle is what prevents us from seeing each other 📰 Read Ashby’s Wired piece, Hollywood’s Future Belong to People - Not Machines Keep up with Madeline Ashby Website | Twitter About Madeline Ashby Madeline Ashby graduated from...

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the ninth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This conversation was recorded on August 01, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about the differences between creating content for broad audiences and expert communities, the different ways people define capitalism and fascism, the influence of The Social Dilemma,...

Author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation Émile P. Torres talks about TESCREAL- Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism. 🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff wonders if magic is our probable path to a sustainable future. 📰 You can read Rushkoff's monologue, Embracing the Impossible , on Medium. A...

Scientist, science fiction author, and futurist David Brin shows us how by granting AI’s individuality we can begin to hold them accountable for their actions. 🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses his struggles with burnout and how he’s working to overcome it. Episode Resources Give Every AI a Soul - or Else Vivid Tomorrows Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film Polemical Judo...

Author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gabriel Kennedy walks us through the Chapel Perilous and reminds us how important and essential Wilson’s work is in a world on the brink of conspiratorial madness. 🎙️In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how Robert Anton Wilson modeled uncertainty as a form of play and the long-term implications of Operation Mindfuck. 📚...

Douglas Rushkoff joined TrueAnon for a conversation about AI hype cycles and human connection in a digital future. Provided as a special bonus for Team Human Podcast supporters. Originally published July 13, 2023. About TrueAnon TrueAnon is a podcast about your enemies made by your friends. Join unlicensed private investigators Liz Franczak, Brace Belden, and Yung Chomsky for a show that will driv...

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the ninth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, June 23, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about denaturalizing power in comedy, the mainstreaming of unidentified aerial phenomena, and the Musar movement. 🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of...

Singer, songwriter, and producer behind Zola Jesus Nika Roza Danilova helps us recognize the power of the arts to reconnect us to the forces of nature. 🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff explains why older people make more plausible candidates. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, You Want a Younger President? , on Medium. About Nika Roza Danilova Nika Roza Danilova, known professionally by her stage...

QAnon Anonymous collaborator, conspiracy researcher, and postdoctoral researcher Annie Kelly helps us navigate the new landscape of conspiracy theory in a digital age. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how the quest for empirical evidence can undermine our power. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, Keep Memes Magical , on Medium. About Annie Kelly Annie Kelly is a Ph. D. student at the Unive...

Symbolist, curator, creator, and editor of a new version of Caligula Thomas Negovan discusses artistic and spiritual responses to the deadening effects of industrialism. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff asks us not to give up our local, home-field advantage by fighting for change on a huge abstract level 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, The Scaled Golum , on Medium. 📚 Read more about Negovan’s n...

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the eighth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, May 19, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about how young artists struggle to imagine dream projects, how to use large language models creatively, and the ways we can combat AI doomerism? 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses h...

Cognitive scientist, social entrepreneur, and author of Rebooting AI Gary Marcus helps us parse between the real and imagined threats of AI, shares his recent experience testifying before Congress, and discusses his plans to intervene on our behalf. 🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses why tech bro warnings feel more like a coordinated money grab. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s...

Douglas Rushkoff took the stage at All Tech is Human’s Responsible Tech Mixer to explain why he refuses to be autotuned in the face of technosolutionism and the rise AI . Recorded April 26, 2023, at Betaworks in New York City. 📺 Click here to watch a video of Rushkoff’s talk. 🌎 Learn more about All Tech is Human Website | LinkedIn | YouTube | Slack | Programs | Upcoming Events 🌍 Team Human is m...

Author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and The World Malcom Harris helps us understand the history and foundations of the Silicon Valley mindset so we can better respond to its destructive capacity today. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how cultivating awe can save the world. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, How Cultivating Awe Can Save The World , on Medium. 📕 Palo...

TV Producer and Author of Screenage: How TV Shaped Our Reality From Tammy Faye to RuPaul’s Drag Race Fenton Bailey discusses the nature of the screen and the power it has unleashed for a designer reality. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how re-socializing the people can help us change the register. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, Individual Liberty is No Longer the Goal , on Medium....

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the seventh Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, April 28, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about how AI will influence art and music production, the differences between artistic and corporate use of AI, and overcoming fear. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how AIs are...

Cofounder of Greenpeace and writer of the Deep Green column Rex Weyler helps us transcend the idea that we can fix the environment – or anything else – so we can finally learn to participate as members of a living world. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how re-socializing people can help us change the register. 📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, Individual Liberty is No Longer the Goal ,...

Head of the AI and Media Integrity Program at the Partnership on AI (PAI) Claire Leibowicz, Tech Policy Press CEO and Editor Justin Hendrix , Betaworks CEO John Borthwick , and Douglas Rushkoff come up with guiding principles for the future of artificial intelligence on a live panel discussion recorded at Betaworks on Monday, April 3. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff announces a new MA program in Medi...

Executive Director of the Institute for the Future Marina Gorbis and Institute for the Future Equitable Enterprise Initiative Advisor Jerry Davis discuss how to change the register from industrial values to collaborative commerce. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how denaturalizing power reveals the constructed landscape. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue,   If it Ain’...

Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and author of Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Alissa Quart helps us dispel the myth of the self-made man once and for all. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains why he believes we’ve hit peak billionaire mindset. 📖 Alissa Quart’s book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream , is now availa...

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the sixth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, February 17, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about virtual reality’s potential to transform storytelling, what it means to be punk, and how artists can navigate recent tech layoffs. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses four i...

Journalist, Tea Pub operator, and Founder of SolarPunk Stories Alex Holland helps us learn to tell better and more constructive stories about our collective future. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how AI can be compared to the Conquistadors. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, How We Taught Technology to Program Humans , on Medium. 📕 Read Sell the Sizzle About Alex Ho...

Co-founder of the Commons Stack and Token Engineering researcher at BlockScience Jeff Emmett tells us about the wonders of mycelia - and why we may all want to start considering ourselves mycopunks. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how the only answer to more tech is more human investment 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, How to Grade Papers Written by AI , on Medium....

Organizer , The Connector journalist, and author of The Big Disconnect Micah Sifry helps us evaluate how directly we need to be involved in political activism to keep democracy sustainable. 🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff shares a story about how the universe winked at him, and why he thinks we’ll all be okay. 📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Magic is Real , on Medium. Keep...

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the fifth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, January 20, 2023. Rushkoff fields questions about how AI will change the educational landscape, the worldviews that emerged from 1950s speculative fiction, and why media ecology never took off in Europe. 🎙 In his monologue, Rus...