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Douglas Rushkoff
Personal blog · rushkoff.com/blogcultureeconomicsphilosophy
Douglas Rushkoff's personal blog at rushkoff.com covers culture, economics and philosophy. Since 2008, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 32 times, most often “Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Douglas Rushkoff's books on technology, media and economics, such as Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, Present Shock, Life Inc. and Survival of the Richest, as background on tech culture and money.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian studying human autonomy in a digital age. Author of 25 books including Survival of the Richest, Present Shock, and Team Human.
Most-linked posts?
- Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-03-22
- Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-09-14
- Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-03-14
- Douglas Rushkoff: we need a new economic framework for abundance (video)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-11-22
What Hacker News says?
A recent book that tries to address this (kinda annoying title): http://www.rushkoff.com/books/throwing-rocks-at-the-google-b...
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on “iPhone Sales Drop, and Apple’s 13-Year Surge Ebbs”Submitted Fork the Economy as a story · 8 points
HN discussionThe bubble goes both directions. I've been working in tech from Colorado for a decade, and only started getting involved in SF this year; the culture shock is surreal (not least because it's normal to those on the other side), and the street-level economic disparities are beyond Dickensian. Relevant: https://rushkoff.com/books/throwing-rocks-at-the-google-bus/
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on “Google Culture War Escalates as Era of Transparency Wanes”Submitted In Defense of the Dark Ages as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIf you're not already familiar, you sound like you may enjoy the works of Douglas Rushkoff: https://rushkoff.com/ https://teamhuman.fm
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on “Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI”Submitted Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWould you happen to be Douglas Rushkoff? He wrote a fantastic book about this. http://www.rushkoff.com/books/throwing-rocks-at-the-google-b...
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on “How Uber could end up as Silicon Valley's most spectacular crash”Submitted Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere is one more important thing here: the 8 bit computer immediately invited you to start coding. The barrier to entry was incredibly low to the point of nonexistent. Compare this to a laptop today or even worse a tablet. I very strongly believe that perpetuating a "code me!" mindset vs the "consume me!" mindset has really big consequences. The ability to make your computer do something that you can do something w…
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on “Lost Lessons from 8-Bit BASIC”Submitted Why Uber's Bid for Platform Monopoly Is Dangerous as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWe live in a post-post-modern world. These days it's more relevant to read Rushkoff and look into his 'present shock' idea: http://www.rushkoff.com/books/present-shock/ > In his new book, PRESENT SHOCK: When Everything Happens Now (Current; March 15, 2013), Rushkoff introduces the phenomenon of presentism, or – since most of us are finding it hard to adapt – present shock. Alvin Toffler’s radical 1970 book, Future S…
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on “Future Shock Documentary (1972) [video]”Submitted Is Mike Judge's 'Silicon Valley' the End of Startup Mania? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> The author is casting aside decades of economic growth, peace, and innovation. I think Steven Pinker's case for capitalism is strong; still, it may be that a significant portion of that progress derives from "cooking the books" with regard to externalities like ecology, the social fabric, and quality of life. (The fact that things seem to keep getting better on average also obscures the possibility that we're "lea…
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on “The American Corporation Is in Crisis”Submitted Douglas Rushkoff: Financial Melt Up as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAs others here have pointed out, she's not living without money so much as making her own, on the spot, when she needs it - in the form of the very adaptable just-in-time currency known as barter. Douglas Rushkoff's book _Life Inc._ and his recent talks are all about centralized currency's corrosive (or rather, extractive) effect on society and are an excellent source of more economic-hack ideas. Here's his talk fro…
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on “Living without money”Submitted Be Your Own Guru as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI think that's what they believe, but I buy Douglas Rushkoff's argument that this is a collective illusion on the part of the billionaire class. See https://rushkoff.com/books/survival-of-the-richest-escape-fa...
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on “Greater than 90% chance of El Niño persisting into Northern Hemisphere winter”Submitted The Best Smartphone Is the One You Already Own as a story · 1 points
HN discussionGood on you for finally hitting the jackpot. If you ever end up with real money, think about ending homelessness in your city. Why not? One strategy to make friends: just show your disdain for working people and rich people will flock to you. :-D It's funny that everyone seems to have trouble meeting new friends when older, even the 1% apparently. Add Covid to the mix, and things are tough. I guess it's probably onl…
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on “Ask HN: Became wealthy – how to meet similar people?”Submitted What Happens When Anyone Can Code? We’re About to Find Out as a story · 1 points
HN discussionFor a deeper dive, Douglas Rushkoff wrote about this in Survival of the Richest https://rushkoff.com/books/survival-of-the-richest-escape-fa...
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on “The Mega-Rich Are Turning Their Mansions into Impenetrable Fortresses”Submitted Cooperativism to Come as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSeveral people I respect highly recommended this video and immediately ordered his book. But I was bored after a few minutes and stopped watching. His site has a summary: http://www.rushkoff.com/books/throwing-rocks-at-the-google-b...
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on “Distributed: A New OS for the Digital Economy – Douglas Rushkoff – SXSW 2016”Submitted Getting Over Uber as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A world leading media theorist gives a name to the character of this millennium as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Douglas Rushkoff on the changing relationship of artist and technologist as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Douglas Rushkoff: Why I am learning to code and you should, too as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Give Up on the Humans as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Corporations as Uber-Citizens as a story · 1 points
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