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Present Shock - When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to Douglas Rushkoff, 'presentism' is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time, updating live. Guided by neither history nor long term goals, we navigate a sea of media that blend ...Show more
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
Rushkoff weaves together seemingly disparate events and trends into a rich, nuanced portrait of how life in the eternal present has affected our biology, behavior, politics, and culture. He explains how the rise of zombie apocalypse ficdtion signals our intense desire for an ending; how the Tea Party an ...Show more
Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Elite by Douglas Rushkoff
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse- they want to leave us all behind.Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive The Event- the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these m ...Show more
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus - How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity by Douglas Rushkoff
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Why doesn't the explosive growth of companies such as Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone? How could things be different? In San Francisco in 2013 activists protesting against the gentrification of their city smashed the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to work. But these pr ...Show more
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