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Douglas Rushkoff

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I write, think, and podcast about media, technology, and society. Author, Survival of the Richest, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Team Human. Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@douglasrushkoff Support: www.patreon.com/teamhuman

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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/08/2026
Money is a forever chemical My new monologue premieres on YouTube now. Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu0T...
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Money is a Forever Chemical.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/07/2026
Gosh, I did. Back in around 99. I had it all on CD-roms...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/07/2026
This one is going to be fun and special: grayarea.org/event/deliri...
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Deliria 2: Cyberpunks Mutants & Mondoids
A two-day Mondo 2000 techno-counterculture gathering featuring Nova ’78, Craig Baldwin, Cyrnai, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, speculative technology, performance, and more.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/07/2026
We once looked at pictures. Now, pictures are looking back at us. Renowned artist and author Trevor Paglen joins me on a new Team Human – premiering at 8 PM ET on YouTube. Join us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPu8...
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How AI and Computer Vision Are Changing Reality (w/ Trevor Paglen)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 02/07/2026
www.mondo2000.com/deliria2/
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Deliria2: Cyberpunks Mutants & Mondoids - Mondo 2000
A 2 Day Extravaganza! Wednesday 8/12 - Thursday 8/13 Tickets and scheduling coming to  Gray Area Featuring SF Bay Area Premier Nova ’78 directed by Aaron Brookn
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/06/2026
" Overtly, if you're gonna do something outwardly, again, without drama, without confrontation, without declaration, get away from cruel people." - @mitchhorowitz.bsky.social on a new Team Human. Stream now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr17... Stream ad-free now: www.patreon.com/teamhuman
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/06/2026
I'll be live for a special post-premiere Q&A on Patreon at 9:30 PM ET – join me! www.patreon.com/teamhuman/ev...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/06/2026
Horowitz returns to Team Human for a fiery, provocative exploration of his new book, Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self. Now streaming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr17...
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Formulas Against the False Self: Mitch Horowitz on Left-Hand Path Magic
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Curiouser LLC @soi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Hey all! My discussion with @rushkoff.com on the Team Human podcast is live so please check it out! From the dawn of the internet to the AI revolution; a conversation about games, magic, AI, optimism, and caution. ✌️🤖
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 19/06/2026
"It's [AI] not just making the nebulous concrete, it's also making the concrete crazy."- Reed Berkowitz (@soi.bsky.social) Stream and subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEq2...
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The Shoggoth in the Machine: AI, ARGs, and the Future of Play (w/ Reed Berkowitz)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 16/06/2026
The Silicon Valley longevity trap is an absurd myth. My new Team Human monologue premieres at 12pm ET on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=olu4...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 11/06/2026
If building a better future looks like a miserable exercise in self-denial, nobody is going to join. The YouTube Premiere of my conversation with Sarah Wilson begins at 10 PM ET. Stream and subscribe: youtu.be/YjSQLXQr9G0
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We Missed the Climate Deadline. It’s Time for a New Game (w/ Sarah Wilson)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 04/06/2026
Tonight, I'm publishing a monologue about AI, grift, and listening to our hearts. Stay tuned.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 04/06/2026
But I followed that book with a novel called Ecstasy Club, so that I could tell the deeper, darker truths about what I was seeing without ridiculing anyone.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 04/06/2026
Back when I wrote Cyberia, my gonzo ethnography of the San Francisco cyberdelic scene, I held back from critiquing anyone too hard because they were all young and earnest with great intentions.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/05/2026
"  AI will be probably going for the most probable end to a sentence. If by limiting language you can limit consciousness, then by extension, by expanding language, you can expand consciousness." - Alan Moore on Team Human. Stream and subscribe now: youtu.be/6LkbtIzlR7k
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/05/2026
" The universe that each of us perceives is our universe. We are the God at the center of it, and so we should be. This is anarchism." - Alan Moore on Team Human. My conversation with Alan Moore is now streaming on YouTube: youtu.be/6LkbtIzlR7k
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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 28/05/2026
In my veins, @rushkoff.com
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Alan Moore on Reclaiming Our Imagination from the Authoritarian Overlords
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/05/2026
I'm live on Patreon for a special Q&A following my conversation with Alan Moore. Join me! www.patreon.com/teamhuman/ev...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/05/2026
Live now! Join us.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 27/05/2026
Then, I'll be going live on Team Human's Patreon for a special post-show Q&A with show supporters. Get access to the live Q&A, ad-free shows, our Discord community, and more. One-week free trials available, and support for our independent show begins at $5 per month. www.patreon.com/teamhuman
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Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff — The algorithm didn't write this.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 27/05/2026
The legendary Alan Moore joins me on Team Human. Tonight, Tuesday, May 27, at 7 PM ET on YouTube. Subscribe and click "Notify Me" to join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lkb...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 27/05/2026
Then, I'll be going live on Team Human's Patreon for a special post-show Q&A with show supporters. Get access to the live Q&A, ad-free shows, our Discord community, and more. One-week free trials available, and support for our independent show begins at $5 per month. www.patreon.com/teamhuman
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Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff — The algorithm didn't write this.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 27/05/2026
Tonight: The legendary Alan Moore joins me on Team Human Premiering at 7 PM ET on YouTube. Subscribe and click "Notify me" to be reminded: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lkb...
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Alan Moore on Reclaiming Our Imagination from the Authoritarian Overlords
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/05/2026
I didn’t notice that. Makes the post less conspiratorial.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/05/2026
I'm fascinated by sports conspiracy theories. Like here, Google has already published that the Spurs will beat Oklahoma tonight. (see Game 5 preview at bottom of image) #nba
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 20/05/2026
Our resistance to death is so much of our problem right now. Tech bros are working on life extension, but the precious scarcity of life is what makes it beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YluQ...
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How to Survive The Swirl of Grief and Modern Chaos
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 20/05/2026
The precious scarcity of this existence is part of what makes it so beautiful. Something that the wealthiest sociopaths at the top of our civilization’s pyramid would do well to accept and celebrate. The YouTube Premiere of my new monologue starts now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YluQ...
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How to Survive The Swirl of Grief and Modern Chaos
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 13/05/2026
Gratitude is an act of rebellion. Charlotte Binns joins me on this week's Team Human. Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvc9...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 06/05/2026
Streaming now!
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 05/05/2026
If you are privileged enough to turn off the pings on the phone, or to schedule fewer bad meetings, or earn less money, you damned well should. Join the YouTube Premiere of my new monologue "The Grid is Not the Ground." Streaming on YouTube tonight at 7 PM ET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZww...
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The Grid is Not the Ground: A Somatic Guide to Reality
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 29/04/2026
Now streaming!
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 29/04/2026
Happening now: Join the Team Human YouTube Premiere of my conversation with legendary musician David J (Bauhaus / Love and Rockets). youtu.be/k1EK-ZNZhYQ
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The Magic of the Broken: David J (Bauhaus / Love and Rockets)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 28/04/2026
The legendary David J. Haskins of Bauhaus joins me for a special Team Human YouTube Premiere on Tuesday, April 28 at 9:00 PM ET. Don't miss it. Click "notify me" and subscribe on YouTube now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EK... Then, join me for a Q&A on Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/teamhuman
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 24/04/2026
Alan Moore on Team Human. Coming this May. Subscribe on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts to be the first to see it. Premiere information coming soon. www.youtube.com/@douglasrush...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 22/04/2026
Can we survive the rise of new AI Golems? I'm joined by Philip Rosedale, Founder of Second Life, who proposes an alternative path forward for AI. One free of tech bro values. Stream now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_bF...
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Awakening the Angels: A Distributed Strategy for Ethical AI (w/ Philip Rosedale)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/04/2026
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Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, author, and documentarian. This channel is home to Team Human — a weekly podcast and ongoing conversation about technology, power, consciousness, and what it mea...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/04/2026
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 21/04/2026
"If there wasn't such immense peril for all of us bound up in all this [AI] stuff, it would just be so beautiful and mythological and poetic." - Philip Rosedale. Philip Rosedale on Team Human. Streaming on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts on Wednesday, April 22.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 15/04/2026
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"What If" Is the Enemy of Fascism (w/Brian Eno)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 09/04/2026
Can Humans First, a "nonpartisan social movement that puts the future of AI in hands of everyday people," be trusted when it brings together everyone from Steve Bannon to Susan Rice? @kattenbarge.bsky.social joins me on this week's Team Human to discuss. Stream now: youtu.be/x8JYQ2d4ofs
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 09/04/2026
Is the Humans First AI "movement" an authentic grassroots coalition or a political Trojan Horse? @kattenbarge.bsky.social joins Team Human to discuss the bipartisan coalition bringing together Steve Bannon and Susan Rice. Stream now: youtu.be/x8JYQ2d4ofs
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 08/04/2026
How do big tech companies stand to benefit from AI safety legislation? My conversation with @kattenbarge.bsky.social premieres live on YouTube at 12 PM ET. Join the Premiere now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JY...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 08/04/2026
What do Bannon’s inner circle and left-wing organizers have in common? My conversation with @kattenbarge.bsky.social about Humans First, the "nonpartisan social movement" that claims to put the AI's future "in the hands of everyday people" premieres at 12 PM ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8JY...
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Exposing the Billionaire Funding Behind AI Safety Movements (w/ Kat Tenbarge)
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 02/04/2026
Support Team Human's mission and gain access to ad-free content, quarterly webinars, exclusive essays, live events, and our growing community: www.patreon.com/teamhuman
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 02/04/2026
By 2016, Larry Ellison said that Oracle had data on 5 billion consumers. What's he doing now that he has access to Medicare records and military systems at the highest civilian and DOD security clearance level? Stream and subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Rd...
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 01/04/2026
Support Team Human's mission and gain access to ad-free content, quarterly webinars, exclusive essays, live events, and our growing community: www.patreon.com/teamhuman
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 01/04/2026
The negativity surrounding AI today is justified, but it may be too early to write AI’s epitaph. This week, I contrast a peer-to-peer Amazon killer built by social activists with the chilling surveillance infrastructure being developed by tech billionaires like Larry Ellison. youtu.be/V8Rd-PVG2pU
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Can We Use AI Without Losing Our Souls?
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 26/03/2026
I remember when we thought TSA was going to be a temporary measure in the wake of 9-11, not a new normal. The billion-dollars-a-month airport security system is just the price of living in a perpetual state of war.
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Douglas Rushkoff @rushkoff.com · 25/03/2026
"The paranormal is not uncommon. It's actually very common. What happens is the culture suppresses these things and presents the illusion that they're not happening all the time — when in fact they are." - Jeffrey Kripal Stream Team Human now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwaT...
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Reality Hacking: Why We Need the Strange and the Weird (w/ Jeffrey Kripal)
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