Douglas rushkof has written 20 books about media, technology and society. People sometimes mistake him for futurist, someone with opinions about the next big thing. He gets invited to do talks for o bankers and technology investors who are not so interested in his stuff. Most of the time he r epets, no, thanks. But every now and then i got this kind of mysterious invite that was for a huge amount of money.
Have you ever found yourself sitting around a table at a luxury resort with five mega-rich strangers who want to know where you think they should build their doomsday bunkers? Absurd as it may sound, that actually happened to media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Today on the show he explains why the 0.01 percent are obsessed with escaping climate change, global pandemics, political upheaval ... and us.
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