Privacy, productivity and the perils of the digital economy

Essentially, what the book conveys beautifully and powerfully is the idea that as long as we remain isolated in our newsfeeds and chose to interact exclusively through apps and screens, we risk losing the real connectivity that drives evolution and leads to happiness and prosperity.

Douglas Rushkoff, American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, and author of Team Human, published in January 2019. He’s got a knack for saying things like, 'Whoever controls media controls society.'Screen capture image courtesy of YouTube

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BY SEAN WILSON

February 25, 2019

OTTAWA—The cover does an admirable job of summarizing the premise of Team Human, a new “manifesto” from digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff: “Our technologies, markets, and cultural institutions–once forces for human connection and expression–now isolate and repress us. It’s tim...

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