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#106 Douglas Rushkoff: Tolerating Ambiguity and Choosing Communal Over Isolation
#106 Douglas Rushkoff: Tolerating Ambiguity and Choosing Communal Over Isolation
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58 minutes
Released:
Jul 10, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Douglas Rushkoff makes another appearance on our podcast, sharing his latest thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? Listen to his previous interviews in episodes 52, 84, and 97.Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. Rushkoff’s work explores how different technological environments change our relationship to narrative, money, power, and one another. Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, his twenty books include Team Human, based on his podcast.Recorded while 2022 was coming to a close, we hope you'll enjoy this casual chat between Douglas and Vicki.The need to “adopt and invent alternative narratives of success that involve mutuality, rather than singularity; that are collective and communal, rather than alienated and isolated”The importance of tolerating ambiguity, having a tender heart and embracing differenceThe “idea of asking the right questions at the right times… to reduce the cognitive harm imposed by propagandists and media people who don't have our best interests at heart.”Support the showComplete Show Notes
Released:
Jul 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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