When i was a kid, we were really middle class. I would go to the end of te block, and like selma solomon or one of the other people from the block, they would cook it on the grill for me. We weren't barbecuend with the joneses any more. It became competitive, private back yard barbecuing. And it's when i realized, you know, doing less, earning less, actually makes you more social. If what you're doing right now is contributing in a positive way to everybody's experience, then chances are you're on the best path.
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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