Joe Rogan Experience #346 - Douglas Rushkoff
April 3, 2013
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as posted by the channelDouglas Rushkoff is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist and documentarian. He is best known for his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems, and also has written many books on topics including society, media, and technology. Rushkoff also had the first syndicated column in the New York Times on cyberculture.
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38 claims extractedDigital technology and money prioritize over human values
Online anonymity enables and normalizes cruel behavior in real life
Economic systems exploit the internet for profit rather than community
High-frequency trading gives unfair advantage to large financial firms
Derivative trading dominates markets, algorithms outpace human traders
Financial traders knowingly enable machine takeover of markets
Central banking system controls digital technology for profit
Shareholder pressure prevents corporations from being ethical
Corporations commit atrocities that would be criminal if done by individuals
Facebook exploits user data and likenesses without informed consent
Tech companies will eventually implant devices in human brains
Facebook controls user identity and actions without consent
Social media uses user images in advertising without permission
All major tech platforms are untrustworthy except Twitter
Young people abandon Facebook to avoid permanent digital records
Teenagers prosecuted as sex offenders for consensual intimate photos
Mass surveillance will eventually force legalization of marijuana and gay marriage
Private prisons and pharmaceutical companies profit from drug prohibition
Private prison industry requires increasing incarceration rates for profit
Pharmaceutical companies hide health risks without legal consequences
Consumer electronics production relies on exploited labor in sweatshops
Tech companies deliberately make products obsolete to force upgrades
Banks destroy housing and food to maintain artificial scarcity and prices
Banks prevent charitable housing programs to protect property values
Economic system destroys abundance to maintain employment-based distribution
Education system fails to stimulate curiosity and passion in students
Digital devices destroy human connection and group presence
Rising antidepressant use indicates societal unhappiness and disconnection
Pharmaceutical companies and doctors unethically push antidepressants
Long-term amphetamine use induces schizophrenia-like symptoms
Child fame destroys mental health and leads to substance abuse
Former child celebrities suffer worse outcomes than those never famous
Middle class has been eliminated by economic system
Economic desperation will force lower classes to organize against elites
Occupy movement rejects traditional demands, seeks direct action
Occupy movement buys and forgives consumer debt
Digital permanence eliminates privacy and anonymity for youth
Archaic laws create absurd outcomes in digital age
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