Douglas Rushkoff Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. When Douglas Rushkoff was summoned to the desert to a private talk for the rich and powerful, he learned about 'The Mindset': a theory that inevitable societal catastrophe can be evaded by individuals with enough money and the right technology. Here, Rushkoff traces the evolution of The Mindset through its origins in science and technology to its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, and the Metaverse. This mind-blowing work of social analysis shows us how to transcend the landscape The Mindset has created -- a world alive with algorithms and intelligences actively rewarding our most selfish tendencies -- and rediscover community, mutual aid, and human interdependency.

This is not a book of theory. It’s a collection of real stories and tools from the front lines of the future of working together.Learn to create radically collaborative, caring workplaces.

Porchlight’s Management and Workplace Culture Book of The Year “[A] thoroughly fascinating exploration of the long interplay between power and the technologies of communication.” —Adam Frank, NPR Team Human is a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff’s most urgent thoughts on civilization, technology, and human nature. In one hundred concise statements, he argues that we are essentially social creatures who achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together not as individuals. Yet today, an antihuman ethos has overtaken our society, undermining our ability to connect. Technologies that were meant to foster cooperation from currency to computers too often are used to exploit and divide us. If we are to adapt and survive these destructive forces, we must recognize that being human is a team sport. Rushkoff inspires us to find the others who understand this fundamental truth and reassert our humanity together.

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 protests weren't just a question of the activists versus the Googlers, or even the 99 per cent versus the 1 per cent. Rather they were symptomatic of the true conflict of our age, between humanity as a whole and a digital economy in which boundless growth is valued above all else. In this groundbreaking book, Douglas Rushkoff - named one of the world's ten most influential thinkers by MIT - lays out a ground plan for a different economic and social future. Ranging from big data to the rise of robots, from the gig economy to the collapse of the eurozone, Rushkoff shows how we can combine the best of human nature with the best of modern technology to achieve a state of sustainable, distributed wealth. It's time the economy finally worked for the human beings it's supposed to serve.

Media theorist and documentarian Douglas Rushkoff weaves a mind-bending tale of iconography and mysticism against the backdrop of a battle-torn Europe. In a story spanning generations, and featuring some of the most notable and notorious idealists of the 20th century, legendary occultist Aleister Crowley develops a powerful and dangerous new weapon to defend the world against Adolf Hitler's own war machine spawning an unconventional new form of warfare that is fought not with steel, but with symbols and ideas. Unfortunately, these intangible arsenals are much more insidious and perhaps much more dangerous than their creators could have ever conceived. "Rushkoff is a cultural treasure and an eccentric author of big, strange ideas, never less than fascinating and always entertaining." -Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine, Red, Trees, and Transmetropolitan "Douglas has been one of my personal heroes, and I've been a most attentive reader of anything he cares to put between covers, knowing that his combination of a cold eye and a warm heart is guaranteed to astonish and embolden my own thinking about what's possible in the world--about what's possible to enact in the space between one human being and another. He occupies the ground of our most immediate perplexities, and his reports of what he finds are breaking news." -Jonathan Lethem, author of The Best American Comics and The Fortress of Solitude

Podtitul: Jak si korporace podmanily svět a jak si ho vzít nazpátek. Ve své knize autor zkoumá, jak se z korporací, původně abstraktní právní entity, stala skutečnost, která dominuje současnému životu. Korporativismus a jeho ideologie prostoupily všechny aspekty občanského života, obchodu i kultury. Život s. r. o. ukazuje, jak se stalo, že se na své domovy díváme spíš jako na investice než na místa k žití, jak se nám měřítkem životního úspěchu stala výše penze, jak se z internetu stal jen další prostor k obchodování. Jak jsme byli odtrženi od světa, v němž žijeme, od sebe navzájem, jak jsme přišli o bezprostřední vztah k hodnotám, které vytváříme. Co je však nejdůležitější, Rushkoff ukazuje, že nemusí jít o trvalý stav, že tyto vztahy je možné obnovit a vybudovat skutečnou, doopravdy lidskou společnost.

Douglas Rushkoff was one of the first social commentators to identify the new culture around the internet. He has spent nearly a decade advising companies on the ways they can re-orient their businesses to the transformations the internet has caused. Through his speaking and consulting, Rushkoff has discovered an important and unrecognized shift in American business. Too many companies are panicked and operating in survival mode when the worst of the crisis has already passed. Likening the internet transformation to the intellectual and technological ferment of the Enlightment, Rushkoff suggests we have a remarkable opportunity to re-integrate our new perspective with the work we actually do. Instead of running around trying to "think out of the box," Rushkoff demonstrates, now is the time to "get back in the box" and improve the way we do our jobs, run our operations and drive innovation from the ground up. Combining stories gleaned from his consulting with a thrilling tour of history's dramatic moments and clever readings of cultural shift we've just experienced, Rushkoff offers a compelling vision of the simple and effective ways businesses can re-invigorate themselves.

Die Lektüre bietet zahlreiche Beispiele und einen lockeren Stil, der das Lesen zum Vergnügen macht. Der Autor betont, dass die Welt im Wandel ist und fordert dazu auf, aktiv an der Zukunft teilzunehmen. Der Kulturkritiker und Trendscout zeigt, wie das Internet eine Umpolung in der Gesellschaft bewirkt hat, vergleichbar mit einer zweiten Renaissance. Neue Kommunikationsformen und Beziehungen entstehen, wobei hierarchische Strukturen durch interaktive Prinzipien ersetzt werden. In der Open-Source-Gesellschaft haben alle Zugang zu Wissen, wodurch sich Menschen von manipulierbaren Konsumenten zu informierten Mitgestaltern eines sozial-wirtschaftlichen Netzwerks entwickeln. Die Analyse wird als packend beschrieben und bietet neue intellektuelle Anstöße, um die gegenwärtige gesellschaftliche Entwicklung besser zu verstehen. Rushkoffs Betrachtung der vernetzten Open-Source-Gesellschaft ist ein Aufruf zur aktiven Teilnahme in einer Ära, in der das Kollektiv im Mittelpunkt steht. Es bleibt abzuwarten, ob diese "neue Renaissance" tatsächlich ein Zeitalter der Kooperation einleitet. In seinen früheren Werken hat sich der Autor als scharfsinniger Analytiker technischer und gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungen erwiesen, und es besteht Hoffnung, dass dies auch hier der Fall ist.

Makes a far-reaching, accessible case the positive impact that digital technologies will have on our ability to participate more actively and thoughtfully. This book includes not just examples but ideas and conclusions drawn based on years of experience watching these ideas become incorporated into academic, business, education and culture.

Political structures need to change. They will emerge from people acting and communicating in the present, not talking about a fictional future ... (from cover).

Kritický pohled do světa nekalých praktik podomních prodejců, sekt, pyramidového marketingu, reklamy i psychologie. Strhující sada příkladů zavádí čtenáře do zákulisí míst, kde se připravují kampaně a manipulace se zákazníky a publikem. Autor, který pro sběr materiálu působil jako \\\"dvojí agent\\\" ve světě marketingu, je českým čtenářům znám díky překladu bestselleru Kyberie a rovněž z časopisu Živel.

A manual for survival in a demanding age. Covering everything from the coercive power of casino and shopping-centre design to how door-to-door salesmen employ CIA interrogation techniques, the book shows what "they" do and how they do it.

Arguing that media-saturated children have learned the necessary skills to survive and prosper in our digital age, the author uses everything from chaos theory, to Rodney King, to Star Wars to demonstrate that kids hold the key to the future. Reprint.

Our world is getting more complex every day. Faced by a media run amok, a rapidly expanding global economy, the collapse of national and social boundaries and the profound impact of technology on our lives, we all feel like immigrants to a very new territory. Gone is the predictability of an organized civilization, overwhelmed by a seemingly random wave of change. Like any new immigrants to an unfamiliar culture, we must look to our children for signs of how to act and think. Natives of chaos, they have already adapted to its demands.

Když mladí, geniální idealisté, kteří si říkají Klub Extáze, najdou v Oaklandu opuštěnou továrnu na klavíry, udělají z ní střed non-stop rave akce, jakou oblast Zálivu ještě nikdy neviděla. Přetvoří ji v základnu pro své hledání způsobu, jak cestovat časem, který kombinuje počítačové kouzelnictví s ezoterickým duchovnem a látkami prohlubujícími vnímání. Duncan, charismatický lídr hnutí, a Zach, vynalézavý vypravěč, nakonec dokážou prolomit čas online – a zjistí, že spousta lidí je už předběhla. Vládní agenti, sabotéři korporací, náboženští fanatici, dokonce i místní policie, všichni najednou jdou Klubu po krku. Ve víru zápasu s ďábelským spiknutím (na způsob Thomase Pynchona zkombinovaného s Akty X) svádí Zach boj se svou prohlubující se náklonností k Lauren, Duncanově přítelkyni a začíná pochybovat, jestli vědění je to jediné, co je třeba hacknout.

Cursed by older generations, Generations X means a lot of things to a lot of people. They are a culture, a demographic, an outlook, a style, an economy, a scene, a literature, a political ideology, an aesthetic, an age, a decade, and a way of life. Here is a collage of the most revered voices of Generation X, demonstrating that while twentysomethings may, indeed, have dropped out of American culture (as it is traditionally defined), they also stand as a testament to American ingenuity, optimism, instinct, and intelligence.

Kyberie je to místo, kam se dostává podnikatel při trans-globální telefonní konverzaci; místo, kam se dostává šamanský válečník, když cestuje mimo tělo; místo, kam se dostává mladý tanečník, který prožívá extázi techno-acidového tranzu. Kyberie je místo, k němuž nepřímo poukazují mystická učení všech náboženství, tak jako teoretické tečny každé vědy, nebo ty nejdivočejší spekulace každé fantaskní představivosti. Tentokrát se však zdá – jako nikdy v žádné jiné době, – že toto území, tento prostor (nebo, jak jej nazývá McKenna – hyperprostor), totiž Kyberie, je na dosah. Velké technologické kroky naší postmoderní kultury, provázené překvapivým znovuzrozením dávných duchovních ideí, naznačují možnost, že se v Kyberii brzy může ocitnout lidstvo jako celek.

Understanding the complex relationship Americans have with information technology reveals that the media is vibrant and dynamic. Welcome to the "datasphere," where news—good, bad, or indifferent—travels instantly, along with a torrent of information: ideas, images, fads, truths, and lies. The infrastructure of this "information superhighway," composed of cable television, fiber-optic telecommunications, and various digital tools, prompts us to consider the nature of the messages it conveys. This exploration delves into how popular media manipulates and is manipulated by those adept at leveraging its influence. With a mix of amusement and concern, the discussion highlights the expanding impact of the "media virus." As a culture critic, Douglas Rushkoff illustrates how messages can "infect" audiences, from the subversive undertones of shows like "The Simpsons" to political scandals exploited for gain. The pervasive nature of this media influence means that unless you've been completely disconnected, you're already affected by the media virus. But fear not; rather than being harmful, it encourages critical thinking.