London Real

Douglas Rushkoff is a writer, documentarian, and lecturer whose work focuses on human autonomy in a digital age.  Watch this full episode for free: https://londonreal.tv/douglas-rushkoff/  Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 02:12 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 05:12 Brian's introduction. 06:06 The pre-internet psychedelic days of late '80s, early '90s London. 11:30 Social media causing public's panic and confusion. 13:02 How social media companies use your data to change your behaviour and make you addictive. 20:52 What Douglas thought the internet would be and when he realised it would not and why. 27:48 Facebook and similar companies' need to grow and make a profit causing dehumanisation. 34:00 Human attention is the only thing that is scarce, but it's the only thing we have, it's our time. 35:00 Douglas' argument with how Uber operates. 38:31 Capital is king, with no thought given to land and labour issues. 47:06 Google is a holding company and no longer innovative. 50:44 Humans will be and should b