Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff

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Kibbitz Room X Aug 16, 2023

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the ninth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This conversation was recorded on August 01, 2023.

Rushkoff fields questions about the differences between creating content for broad audiences and expert communities, the different ways people define capitalism and fascism, the influence of The Social Dilemma, and the role of creatives in amplifying community needs.

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Émile P. Torres Aug 09, 2023

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Author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation Émile P. Torres talks about TESCREAL- Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff wonders if magic is our probable path to a sustainable future.

📰 You can read Rushkoff's monologue, Embracing the Impossible, on Medium.

About Émile P. Torres

Émile P. Torres’ work over the past decade has centered around a single theme: eschatology, whether religious, secular, or scientific. Recently, Torres has focused on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea.

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David Brin Aug 02, 2023

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Scientist, science fiction author, and futurist David Brin shows us how by granting AI’s individuality we can begin to hold them accountable for their actions.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses his struggles with burnout and how he’s working to overcome it.

Episode Resources

Give Every AI a Soul - or Else

Vivid Tomorrows

Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film

Polemical Judo

About David Brin

David Brin is a science fiction author, scientist & transparency/internet security expert, public speaker & business/governmental consultant, and blogger/social media influencer. Learn more about Brin.

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The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson w/ Gabriel Kennedy Jul 26, 2023

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Author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gabriel Kennedy walks us through the Chapel Perilous and reminds us how important and essential Wilson’s work is in a world on the brink of conspiratorial madness.

🎙️In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how Robert Anton Wilson modeled uncertainty as a form of play and the long-term implications of Operation Mindfuck.

📚 Pre-order Kenedy's Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson from MIT Press.

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Rushkoff on TrueAnon: Bloodless Hype Machines Jul 24, 2023

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Douglas Rushkoff joined TrueAnon for a conversation about AI hype cycles and human connection in a digital future. Provided as a special bonus for Team Human Podcast supporters. Originally published July 13, 2023.

About TrueAnon

TrueAnon is a podcast about your enemies made by your friends. Join unlicensed private investigators Liz Franczak, Brace Belden, and Yung Chomsky for a show that will drive you insane.

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Kibbitz Room IX live from the Team Human Apocalypse Bunker Jul 19, 2023

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the ninth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, June 23, 2023.

Rushkoff fields questions about denaturalizing power in comedy, the mainstreaming of unidentified aerial phenomena, and the Musar movement.

Nika Roza Danilova Jul 12, 2023

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Singer, songwriter, and producer behind Zola Jesus Nika Roza Danilova helps us recognize the power of the arts to reconnect us to the forces of nature.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff explains why older people make more plausible candidates.

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, You Want a Younger President?, on Medium.

About Nika Roza Danilova

Nika Roza Danilova, known professionally by her stage name Zola Jesus, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her music has been noted for combining elements of electronic, industrial, classical, and goth.

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YouTube | Instagram | Website | Spotify

Annie Kelly Jul 05, 2023

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QAnon Anonymous collaborator, conspiracy researcher, and postdoctoral researcher Annie Kelly helps us navigate the new landscape of conspiracy theory in a digital age.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how the quest for empirical evidence can undermine our power.

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, Keep Memes Magical,on Medium.

About Annie Kelly

Annie Kelly is a Ph.D. student at the University of East Anglia researching the impact of digital cultures on anti-feminism and the far right, and is the Britain correspondent for the podcast “QAnon Anonymous.”

ManClan, the podcast series that Julian Feeld and Kelly are (slowly) working through about masculinity influencers,

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Thomas Negovan Jun 28, 2023

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Symbolist, curator, creator, and editor of a new version of Caligula Thomas Negovan discusses artistic and spiritual responses to the deadening effects of industrialism.

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff asks us not togive up our local, home-field advantage by fighting for change on a huge abstract level

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, The Scaled Golum,on Medium.

📚 Read more about Negovan’s new version of Caligula.

About Thomas Negovan

Thomas Negovan is a writer, musician, and art historian from Chicago. He regularly lectures on Art Nouveau and Weimar era Berlin cabaret. In 2011 Negovan was the first artist to have recorded and released a song on wax cylinder in nearly a century. Later that year he presented a TEDx lecture on his experiences with archaic recording technologies titled By Popular Demand.

His first short film, Aurora, premiered in a rough cut on January 13, 2018 at the Century Guild Museum of Art with an accompanying exhibition of original costume designs, tintype photos taken on the set, and original props from the film. The final version premiered was released to the festival circuit in late 2018 and throughout 2019 and 2020, winning numerous awards in America and Japan. The new edit of Caligula (MMXX version) has been completed and will be released in 2023.

Keep up with Thomas Negovan

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Kibbitz Room VIII live from the Team Human Apocalypse Bunker Jun 22, 2023

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the eighth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This show was recorded on Friday, May 19, 2023.

Rushkoff fields questions about how young artists struggle to imagine dream projects, how to use large language models creatively, and the ways we can combat AI doomerism?

🎙 In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses how AI should be the center of the show – not hidden in the writer’s room.

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, How AI can Really Challenge Movies, on Medium.

🌍 You can support Team Human on Patreon to unlock access to a number of great perks including an ad-free episodes of Team Human, access to the Team Human Discord community where we record monthly Q&A sessions with Rushkoff, special perks like free tickets to live events, and access to the Rushkoff archive.

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