Team Human

Executive Director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and author of Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Alissa Quart helps us dispel the myth of the self-made man once and for all.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains why he believes we’ve hit peak billionaire mindset.📖 Alissa Quart’s book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, is now available.About Alissa Quart:Alissa Quart is the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction including the forthcoming Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream (Ecco, 2023), Squeezed (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2018), Republic of Outsiders (The New Press, 2013), Hothouse Kids (Penguin Press, 2006), and Branded (Basic Books, 2004). She is the Executive Director of the non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and is also the author of two books of poetry, Thoughts and Prayers and Monetized. She has written for many publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and TIME. Her honors include an Emmy, an SPJ award, and received a Nieman fellowship. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.Keep up with Alissa Quart:Twitter | LinkedIn | Economic Hardship Reporting Hardship Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the sixth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, February 17, 2023.Rushkoff fields questions about virtual reality’s potential to transform storytelling, what it means to be punk, and how artists can navigate recent tech layoffs.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses four interventions in the human machine he plans to explore with the Institute for the Future.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist, Tea Pub operator, and Founder of SolarPunk Stories Alex Holland helps us learn to tell better and more constructive stories about our collective future.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how AI can be compared to the Conquistadors.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, How We Taught Technology to Program Humans, on Medium.📕 Read Sell the SizzleAbout Alex Holland:Alex has worked as a journalist in the UK, Venezuela and India, started and led the campaign to stop Brixton Market getting knocked down and created the world's first Tea Pub which was also Crowdcube's most shared startup. He loves reading, writing and is one of these lost tribes of posh people who was born in Brixton.📰 Keep up with SolarPunk stories:Substack🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Co-founder of the Commons Stack and Token Engineering researcher at BlockScience Jeff Emmett tells us about the wonders of mycelia - and why we may all want to start considering ourselves mycopunks.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how the only answer to more tech is more human investment📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, How to Grade Papers Written by AI, on Medium.🍄 Learn more about Mycopunk PrinciplesAbout Jeff Emmett:Jeff Emmett is a Token Engineering researcher at BlockScience, and co-founder of the Commons Stack. Drawing inspiration from mycelial networks and biomimetic processes, he realized he is and always has been a mycopunk - but now there's a word for it! His goal is to iterate towards a toolkit for customizable regenerative economies that support purpose-driven communities and mitigate the excesses of modern capitalism. Jeff is the author of Rewriting the Story of Human Collaboration and Challenges & Approaches to Scaling the Global Commons.Keep up with Jeff Emmett:Twitter | LinkedInMusic by:Human - Formidable VegetableMycelium Around Ya - Formidable Vegetable Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Organizer, The Connector journalist, and author of The Big Disconnect Micah Sifry helps us evaluate how directly we need to be involved in political activism to keep democracy sustainable.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff shares a story about how the universe winked at him, and why he thinks we’ll all be okay.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Magic is Real, on Medium.Keep up with Micah Sifry:The Connector | Mastodon | Twitter🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the fifth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, January 20, 2023.Rushkoff fields questions about how AI will change the educational landscape, the worldviews that emerged from 1950s speculative fiction, and why media ecology never took off in Europe.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff invites us to welcome the unpredictable.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, Probability Leads Only to Death on Medium.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Library technologist, owner of MetaFilter, and author of Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide, Jessamyn West shares the joys of hands-on technology education in the public library - and how modeling behavior may just work better than scaling it.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how to grade papers written by AI.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, How to Read Papers Written By AI, on Medium.📕 Learn more about West’s book, Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide.About Jessamyn West:Jessamyn West is a library technologist from Randolph Vermont. She is a nationally known speaker, writer, and educator on the issues facing today's libraries. Her blog focusing on libraries and politics, Librarian.net, is one of the earliest and longest running librarian websites.Keep up with Jessamyn West:Website | Twitter | Today in Librarian Tabs🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playing for Team Human today, historian of alternative spirituality and author of Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult and Outsider Experiences, Mitch Horowitz helps us figure out if we’re praying to the wrong gods.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses the real and imagined dangers of artificial intelligence.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, The Medium is the Message, on Medium.About Mitch Horowitz:Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. Mitch illuminates outsider history, explains its relevance to contemporary life, and reveals the longstanding quest to bring empowerment and agency to the human condition.📕 Mitch Horowitz’s new book, Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult and Outsider Experiences, is now available.Keep up with Mitch Horowitz:Website | Twitter | Instagram | Medium🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a special holiday message, Rushkoff imagines a world where infectious - not effective - altruism is the goal of communities.🙏 Thank you to everyone who supported Team Human this year. We wish you a safe, healthy, and happy holiday season.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on our Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the fourth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server.Rushkoff fields questions about how his views on internet privacy have evolved over the last two decades, the different sensibilities of young generations, and his recent writing.🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses the changes he would make to Twitter if he became CEO of the platform.📰 You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, If I Were CEO of Twitter, on Medium.🌍 Team Human is made possible thanks to the generous support of our listeners on Patreon. Your support will unlock access to our Discord community and exclusive bonus content from the Rushkoff archive on the Team Human Team Feed. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.