Douglas rushkoff was one of 45 leading scholars, authors and. Rushkoffs first book about digital culture, cyberia, was canceled by. In the mid20th century, computers were mostly women who worked calculators and slide rules, tasked with tabulating data and solving numerical problems. At the beginning and the end of this book, rushkoff evokes whats wrong and whats right about the community values of his own upstate new york neighbourhood. Douglas rushkoff is the author of seven books on new media and popular culture, including cyberia, media virus, playing the future, and the. In rushkoff s tolkienesque, mordorlike vision of corporatism, that simply shouldnt have been permitted. Rushkoff takes a tom wolfe electric koolaid acid test style or roman a clef, as he actively becomes a part of the people and culture that he is writing about. The internet is acid, and america is having a bad trip medium. Douglas rushkoffs top 10 books on designer reality. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Shopping channels on cable television feature hosts whose dialogues and. Life in the trenches of hyperspace by douglas rushkoff, douglas rushkoff and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In the introduction to cyberia, rushkoff notes that in earlier eras, new technologies and corresponding new ways of thinking had revolutionary consequences.
Douglas rushkoff emerged as a media commentator in 1994 with his first book, cyberia. Life in the trenches of hyperspace, is the latest book by douglas rushkoff, a new yorkbased, pop culture journalist who traveled to berkeley to explore the culture surrounding computer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cyberia is an ideasled, exuberant documentary written in 1994 about the. How growth became the enemy of prosperity, present shock, program or be programmed, media virus, and the novel ecstasy club. Rushkoff lectures about media, society, and change at conferences and. By the time a story hits the newstands, most insiders consider it old news and are already hard at work on the next flurry of culturebending inventions and.
He is professor of media theory and digital economics at cunyqueens. Read our interview with douglas rushkoff in print in the technoskeptic issue 2 spring 2019. Cyberia is a book by douglas rushkoff, published in 1994. In its present form the book seems to endorse new age too much for my taste. He lives in new york, and lectures about media, society, and economics around the world. The digital age will always be marked by the spirit of its first emergence, and the. His other books include cyberia, media virus, playing the future. Cyberia wasnt really a book about the net so much as a whole conflux of new approaches to navigating the world. Listening to the voices from cyberia baltimore sun. Life in the trenches of hyperspace by rushkoff, douglas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Their stories are told in rushkoff s book stories about computer hackers, psychedelic experimenters such as terence mckenna, newculture.
Cyberia describes the new and almost unrecognizable reality that is emerging as a result. Life in the trenches of hyperspace first edition first printing by rushkoff, douglas isbn. Cyberia is quite well written, but zippies are so full of shit. Life in the trenches of hyperspace 2nd revised edition by douglas rushkoff isbn. Douglas rushkoff audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. Douglas rushkoff and live team human podcast there is a author who have been following for many yearsdecades. Douglas rushkoff and live team human podcast cubicgarden.
The book discusses many different ideas revolving around technology, drugs and subcultures. Rushkoff lectures around the world about media, art, society, and change at. Rushkoff did a fine job describing cultural phenomena and some people mindset, but he could be a little bit more critical. These include the invention of agriculture and the development of the printing press. Life in the trenches of hyperspace douglas rushkoff.