Douglas Rushkoff
Né(e): February 18, 1961 – New York City, New York, United States
Douglas Rushkoff is an American media theorist, author, and documentarian whose work examines digital culture, technology, economics, and power. He is known for books such as Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Team Human, which critique platform capitalism and explore how media systems shape human behavior and society.
Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur
Douglas Rushkoff emerged from an unusually cross-disciplinary education that helped shape his career as a public writer on technology and culture. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, earned an MFA in directing from the California Institute of the Arts, completed a post-graduate fellowship at the American Film Institute, and later received a PhD in New Media and Digital Culture from Utrecht University. That blend of literary study, filmmaking, and theory gave him a voice that moved easily between criticism, storytelling, and social analysis. He later became professor of media theory and digital economics at CUNY/Queens, where he founded the Laboratory for Digital Humanism. ((https://rushkoff.com/bio/))
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Present Shock
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Program or Be Programmed
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Present Shock
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Program or Be Programmed
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Voix de la Communauté
"Douglas Rushkoff is one of the great thinkers—and writers—of our time"
— Timothy Leary
"Douglas Rushkoff’s keen eye as a seasoned media analyst, combined with his flair and wit, shine in this book"
— Marina Gorbis
"Can the revolution start already? This book will help us. Thank God for Douglas Rushkoff"
— Parker Posey
"Douglas Rushkoff has always been a singular observer and thinker"
— Kurt Andersen
"In Team Human, the always-brilliant Douglas Rushkoff reminds us that the tools we design design us in turn"
— Jason Silva
"Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff has a dark warning about the current state of society"
— The Washington Post
"Douglas Rushkoff’s disguise as an “influential futurist” has enabled him to serve as a mole on behalf of our species"
— Jonathan Lethem
"Douglas Rushkoff is the gold standard. He always knows what tech is up to—and he’s usually prophetic"
— Walter Kirn
"Visionary NYU professor and charter cyberpunker Douglas Rushkoff"
— WIRED
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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