138 / Survival of the Richest / Douglas Rushkoff

Writer, documentarian, and lecturer Douglas Rushkoff joins me for this episode. Douglas has authored numerous best-selling books, and the yet-to-be-released Team Human. His lifetime of work has focused primarily on human autonomy in the digital age.  We start this episode by discussing Douglas Rushkoff’s widely shared article, published on Medium and picked up by CNBC, Survival of the Richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind. In the article, Douglas describes a situation in which he was invited to a private meeting with several ultra-wealthy men to field their questions regarding technological trends in cryptocurrency, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, as well as their deep-seated concerns regarding “The Event”—a catch-all euphemism for the portending threat of abrupt climate change, nuclear war, social unrest, and economic collapse looming on the horizon of our collective future. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/douglas-rushkoff // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast