Douglas Rushkoff

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 men were under the influence of The Mindset, a...

A deep dive into one of this century's most potent questions: do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it? This compact new edition of a paradigmatic text packs a big and actionable punch. Updated with a new section on the unique challenges posed by AI, Program or Be Programmed presents a spirited, accessible poetics of...

Team Human is a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff's most urgent thoughts on civilisation, 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, we see our society threatened by a vast antihuman ethos that undermines our...

A new edition of the mind-bending historical epic, with extra material by author Douglas Rushkoff (Program or Be Programmed) and a new cover by artist Michael Avon Oeming (Powers). 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...