“Media is saying something in the way it finds its stories, churns them out, swallows them again, redigests them, and spits them out once again. This is more than a simple cultural bulimia. This is a complex but, on some level, effective form of mass catharsis and self-observation that our society em…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.comTagged: Culture, Media
“Nature just decided, 'Okay, if I want to get conscious, I'm gonna need technology to do it because these people don't have clear enough minds to use telepathy. They are too cluttered.' Technology is an extension of nature, but people don't see it that way.”— Jody Radzik, amazon.comTagged: Against Bureaucracy, The Essence of Technology
“Chaos is the way that nature reasserts herself into our attempts at organization and control, especially when those efforts are intentionally oppressive.”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.comTagged: Against Bureaucracy
“We do not watch videos as much as we are engulfed by them.”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.comTagged: The Media
“This technique is called marginalizing and is still frequently used, especially in organized reactions to media viruses. In order to generate public support for an illogical policy, leaders need to name and demonize an enemy, then whip up an emotional fury against the demon. Anyone remaining against…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.comTagged: Marginalization
“It is easy to criticize a sensationalist talk show for, say, giving a neo-Nazi a platform to voice hateful rhetoric. But by exposing these sorts of people rather than censoring them, these shows reveal the underlying inconsistencies in their doctrines. Instead of appearing frightening, these people’…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.comTagged: Censorship, Exposure, Media