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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, Yael Eisenstat. Eisenstat helps us distinguish between the conscious and the automatic malfeasance of our social infrastructure. What can we do to improve our social media platforms, and where does accountability fall? Stream, support, and subscribe 🔊 https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/yael-eisenstatYaël 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.
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, Yael Eisenstat. Eisenstat helps us distinguish between the conscious and the automatic malfeasance of our social infrastructure. What can we do to improve our social media platforms, and where does accountability fall? Stream, support, and
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The transhumanist movement is less a theory about the advancement of humanity than a simple evacuation plan. Techno-utopians like to think of themselves as orchestrating a complete break from civilization — a leap into outer space, cyberspace, machine consciousness, or artificial life. But their ideas just extend our same blind addiction to consumption, destruction, progress, and colonization. Cyber-wettiko. Read more from Medium’s weekly #TeamHuman serialization đź“šI Will Not Pass the Evolutionary Torch To My Robot Successormedium.comHuman beings are not the problem; we are the solution
The transhumanist movement is less a theory about the advancement of humanity than a simple evacuation plan. Techno-utopians like to think of themselves as orchestrating a complete break from civilization — a leap into outer space, cyberspace, machine consciousness, or artificial life. But their ideas just extend our same blind addiction to consumption, destruction, progress, and colonization. Cyber-wettiko. Read more
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The ultimate goal of personal transcendence was to leave the sinful, temporary body behind and float as a free, perfected consciousness. All that prior consumption was just fuel for the rocket, and the regrettable destruction something to leave behind with the rest of physical reality. This wasn’t a break from consumer capitalism, but the fulfillment of its ultimate purpose. And, by the 1970s, many other sectors and industries seemed to be coalescing around the same set of potentials. Computer scientists were pondering artificial intelligence; personal transformation gurus were helping people walk over burning coals; specially phased audio tapes helped people
The ultimate goal of personal transcendence was to leave the sinful, temporary body behind and float as a free, perfected consciousness. All that prior consumption was just fuel for the rocket, and the regrettable destruction something to leave behind with the rest of physical reality. This wasn’t a break from consumer capitalism, but the fulfillment of its ultimate purpose. And,
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In celebration of the paperback release of Dark Horse’s Aleister & Adolf, Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Oeming join Jimmy Church’s FADE to BLACK to discuss the graphic novel’s 2016 release. To gain full access to this conversation you can become a contributing supporter of Team Human at https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman.Team Human Bonus Preview: Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Oeming on FADE to BLACK with Jimmy ChurchAleister & AdolfWatch video on Facebook.com
In celebration of the paperback release of Dark Horse’s Aleister & Adolf, Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Oeming join Jimmy Church’s FADE to BLACK to discuss the graphic novel’s 2016 release. To gain full access to this conversation you can become a contributing supporter of Team Human at https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman.Team Human Bonus Preview: Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Oeming on FADE to BLACK
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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Rushkoff explores how r/WallStreetBets delivered cybernetic karma to those who deserve it in this week’s #TeamHuman monologue — Stream now 🔊YaĂ«l 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, YaĂ«l Eisenstat.
Rushkoff explores how r/WallStreetBets delivered cybernetic karma to those who deserve it in this week’s #TeamHuman monologue — Stream now 🔊YaĂ«l 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, YaĂ«l Eisenstat.
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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