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Singularitans consider technology more trustworthy than humans. Surveillance is not just a profit center for social media, but a way of safeguarding digital society from human resistance. I Will Not Pass the Evolutionary Torch To My Robot Successormedium.comHuman beings are not the problem; we are the solution
Singularitans consider technology more trustworthy than humans. Surveillance is not just a profit center for social media, but a way of safeguarding digital society from human resistance. I Will Not Pass the Evolutionary Torch To My Robot Successormedium.comHuman beings are not the problem; we are the solution
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Playing for Team Human today, futurist, inventor, and author of “Augmented Reality,” Mark Pesce. Pesce augments our understanding of the many interfaces between ourselves and whatever it is that’s out there. Does cybernetics break the western conception of linear time, arrow-for-progress, colonial expansion thing? In his opening monologue, Rushkoff discusses why elected officials should not be on social media platforms. “The minute we put banks and other real stuff on here is the minute it started to go wrong.” Further, he looks at how early-stage internet fan fiction crept into reality and ended up addicted to fractalnoia. Stream, support, and
Playing for Team Human today, futurist, inventor, and author of “Augmented Reality,” Mark Pesce. Pesce augments our understanding of the many interfaces between ourselves and whatever it is that’s out there. Does cybernetics break the western conception of linear time, arrow-for-progress, colonial expansion thing? In his opening monologue, Rushkoff discusses why elected officials should not be on social media platforms.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
On encountering the destructiveness of European colonialists, Native Americans concluded that the invaders must have a disease. They called it wettiko: a delusional belief that cannibalizing the life force of others is a logical and morally upright way to live. The Native Americans believed that wettiko derived from people’s inability to see themselves as enmeshed, interdependent parts of the natural environment. Once this disconnect has occurred, nature is no longer seen as something to be emulated but as something to be conquered. Read more from Medium’s weekly #TeamHuman serialization 📚How the Promise of a Utopian Future Was Used to Justify
On encountering the destructiveness of European colonialists, Native Americans concluded that the invaders must have a disease. They called it wettiko: a delusional belief that cannibalizing the life force of others is a logical and morally upright way to live. The Native Americans believed that wettiko derived from people’s inability to see themselves as enmeshed, interdependent parts of the natural
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
The billionaires are the system itself. They cannot act with autonomy; they can only do whatever it is they think will make them money. The introduction of Lulz into their world means that there are now conscious, autonomously acting humans. Our moves make no sense to the algorithms or the market makers, because they are not motivated by the rational, short-term self-interest of individual market players. No, it only makes sense in terms of a human collective, looking to overturn a financial system that has been devised to extract the value from our world, and deliver it to an increasingly
The billionaires are the system itself. They cannot act with autonomy; they can only do whatever it is they think will make them money. The introduction of Lulz into their world means that there are now conscious, autonomously acting humans. Our moves make no sense to the algorithms or the market makers, because they are not motivated by the rational,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Rushkoff explores how r/WallStreetBets delivered cybernetic karma to those who deserve it in this week’s #TeamHuman monologue — Stream now 🔊Yaël Eisenstat | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 175 Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yaël Eisenstat.
Rushkoff explores how r/WallStreetBets delivered cybernetic karma to those who deserve it in this week’s #TeamHuman monologue — Stream now 🔊Yaël Eisenstat | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 175 Playing for Team Human today, former Global Head of Elections Integrity Operations for Political Advertising at Facebook, diplomat, corporate social responsibility advisor, and technology activist, Yaël Eisenstat.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Our addiction to expansion, growth, and transcendence derives from our hubris and need for control. We mistake colonizing a new region of the planet or dominating some aspect of nature for an expression of our creative power. We act as if we were gods, capable of creation and immune from the value systems that might otherwise restrain our will. And because this path is ultimately so unsatisfying, it is also addictive.We Need to Find Capital-R Reasons for What We Domedium.comThe logic of productivity or capitalism is not enough
Our addiction to expansion, growth, and transcendence derives from our hubris and need for control. We mistake colonizing a new region of the planet or dominating some aspect of nature for an expression of our creative power. We act as if we were gods, capable of creation and immune from the value systems that might otherwise restrain our will. And
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Norbert Wiener tried to warn us way back in the 1950s that digital technologies would be cybernetic in nature. They do not function in the straight linear fashion of the Industrial Age with its assembly lines, unidirectional drive toward progress, and growth-based capitalism. No, the world of cybernetics is a world of feedback loops — like the cycles of a computer. Call and response. Everything comes back, like karma. And though for a while it looked like digital technology was just going to accelerate that relentless drive toward infinite wealth for the few, feedback has finally kicked in, and the
Norbert Wiener tried to warn us way back in the 1950s that digital technologies would be cybernetic in nature. They do not function in the straight linear fashion of the Industrial Age with its assembly lines, unidirectional drive toward progress, and growth-based capitalism. No, the world of cybernetics is a world of feedback loops — like the cycles of a
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
We’ve released the first of a three-part conversation between Rushkoff and Genesis P-Orridge from 1993 for our #TeamHuman Patreon supporters. Become a contributing supporting today to listen now 🎶Team Human Bonus Episode: Genesis P-Orridge (1993) – Part 1 | Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff on Patreonwww.patreon.comJoin Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff on Patreon to get access to this post and more benefits.
We’ve released the first of a three-part conversation between Rushkoff and Genesis P-Orridge from 1993 for our #TeamHuman Patreon supporters. Become a contributing supporting today to listen now 🎶Team Human Bonus Episode: Genesis P-Orridge (1993) – Part 1 | Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff on Patreonwww.patreon.comJoin Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff on Patreon to get access to this post and
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Socialite, philanthropist, international southerner, mischief maker and self-described shit-starter, Kenya (Robinson) investigates gender, consumerism, and ability through unexpected performative actions and sculptural gestures. In his monologue, Rushkoff proposes that people use non-fungible tokens to critique the art market. “The current NFT market in some ways is anti-art in that it’s simply reinforcing capitalism.” Stream, support, and subscribe 🎶 Kenya (Robinson) | Team Humanwww.teamhuman.fmEp. 179 Socialite, philanthropist, international southerner, mischief maker and self-described shit-starter, Kenya (Robinson) investigates gender, consumerism, and ability through unexpected performative actions and sculptural gestures.
Socialite, philanthropist, international southerner, mischief maker and self-described shit-starter, Kenya (Robinson) investigates gender, consumerism, and ability through unexpected performative actions and sculptural gestures. In his monologue, Rushkoff proposes that people use non-fungible tokens to critique the art market. “The current NFT market in some ways is anti-art in that it’s simply reinforcing capitalism.” Stream, support, and subscribe 🎶 Kenya (Robinson)
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Apr 21
Many Westerners have come to understand the problems inherent in a society obsessed with growth and have struggled to assert a more timeless set of spiritual sensibilities. But, almost invariably, such efforts get mired in our ingrained notions of personal growth, progress, and optimism. Read more from “Self-Actualization and the Myth of Personal Growth,” from Medium’s weekly #TeamHuman serialization 📖 https://medium.com/team-human/self-actualization-and-the-myth-of-personal-growth-67c12e5310f3Self-Actualization and the Myth of Personal Growthmedium.comHow the counterculture surrendered communal well-being to individual enlightenment
Many Westerners have come to understand the problems inherent in a society obsessed with growth and have struggled to assert a more timeless set of spiritual sensibilities. But, almost invariably, such efforts get mired in our ingrained notions of personal growth, progress, and optimism. Read more from “Self-Actualization and the Myth of Personal Growth,” from Medium’s weekly #TeamHuman serialization 📖