We need to take control of the new computer networking tools all around us, argues author and thinker Douglas Rushkoff, or else we'll wind up at the mercy of those who do take control. That's part of the argument Rushkoff makes in his new book, Program or Be Programmed, out now from our friends at OR Books.
With some basic computer and programming literacy, Rushkoff notes, we can take control of our lives, create value for ourselves, and perhaps let the big institutions that think they control us, from banks to media moguls, just wither away.
The withering away of corporations is a nice thought. However, I think if you look closely you’ll see that they are the ones withering away our intellectual capital, quite effectively to boot. The majority of industrialized populations are followers, assigned to that role by nature and passive genocide, on a base level unable to create innovation. They breed faster than us and punch harder. Let’s move to mars.
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