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Douglas mark rushkoff born february 18, 1961 is an american media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. Named one of the top ten most influential thinkers in the world by mit, douglas rushkoff is the author of more than a dozen bestselling books on media, technology, economics, and society. He basically wants us to stop being always on, be our authentic selves online, and learn how to program or be programmed ourselves. Program or be programmed engels door douglas rushkoff onze prijs. Program or be programmed kindle edition by rushkoff, douglas, leland purvis. Jan 22, 2019 team human ebook written by douglas rushkoff. Praise for program or be programmed now that much of what rushkoff has predicted over the years has come to pass, he is uniquely qualified to write what may be one of the most important and instructive books of our times. In it, he outlines ten different ideas that information technology is biased towards. He founded the laboratory for digital humanism at cunyqueens college, where he is. Choose the former, writes rushkoff, and you gain access to the control panel of civilization.
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