Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where oneโs identity can be a liability. But the more anonymously we engage with others, the less we experience the human repercussions of what we say and do. By resisting the temptation to engage from the apparent safety of anonymity, we remain accountable and present - and are much more likely to bring our humanity with us into the digital realm
Douglas RushkoffOur technologies become more complex while we become more simple. They learn about us while we come to know less and less about them. No one person can understand everything going on in an iPhone, much less pervasive systems.
Douglas RushkoffA currency designed for long-term storage and investment doesn't do so well at encouraging transactions and exchange in the moment.
Douglas RushkoffWe are looking at a society increasingly dependent on machines, yet decreasingly capable of making or even using them effectively.
Douglas RushkoffLike civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around them, and calling out into the darkness of cyberspace for confirmation. I'm here. You're here, too. We are present.
Douglas Rushkoff