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What I Meant When I Coined the Term ‘Media Virus’

What I Meant When I Coined the Term ‘Media Virus’

It doesn’t matter what side of an issue people are on for them to be infected by a meme
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Douglas Rushkoff
How Social Media Turned Us All Into Advertisers

How Social Media Turned Us All Into Advertisers

The platforms that taught us how to sell our friends to marketers
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Douglas Rushkoff
How the Internet Went From a Conversation Space to a Shopping Catalogue

How the Internet Went From a Conversation Space to a Shopping Catalogue

We were going for networked utopia, but ended up with a digital strip mall
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Douglas Rushkoff
All Media Connect Us Before They Tear Us Apart

All Media Connect Us Before They Tear Us Apart

Civilization itself swings between social connection and utter alienation
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Douglas Rushkoff
You Can Only Stand Out in a Crowd

You Can Only Stand Out in a Crowd

Why autonomy depends on interdependency
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Douglas Rushkoff
Your Immune System Needs You to Be Social

Your Immune System Needs You to Be Social

Disconnection from one’s social group leads to higher mortality rates
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Douglas Rushkoff
Human Beings’ Superpower Is Imitation

Human Beings’ Superpower Is Imitation

Instead of learning from personal experience, we learn from one another
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Douglas Rushkoff
Altruism Made Us Human

Altruism Made Us Human

Contrary to some theorists, humans don’t do each other favors just to get them in return
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Douglas Rushkoff
You Are the Sum of Your Friends

You Are the Sum of Your Friends

Human evolution made social bonds more primal than personal identity
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Douglas Rushkoff
The Human Brain Evolved to Form Complex Social Groups

The Human Brain Evolved to Form Complex Social Groups

The more advanced the primate, the bigger its social network
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