Undoing Dystopia: a Review of Douglas Rushkoff’s Team Human

A review of tech and social critic Douglas Rushkoff’s latest book, Team Human.

By Geoffrey Dutton | April 25, 2019 | Automation, Community, Culture, Economics, Philosophy, Relationships, Society | Algorithms, Amazon, Boston, Capitalism, Civilization, Convenience, Corporations, Douglas Rushkoff, Economics, Efficiency, Enrico Moretti, Environment, Ethics, Evolution, Extraction, Human Nature, Mechanomorphism, Neutrality, New York, Silicon Valley, Socialism, Team Human, Technologists, Venture Capital, Wages

Why America Needs Technoskepticism

With the presidential election turning on economic issues, Art Keller points out that neither party addressed the major cause of today’s inequality and job insecurity, nor has any plan to deal with it now. Hint: it isn’t trade.

By Art Keller | November 30, 2016 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Economics, Employment, Politics, Society | Donald Trump, Erik Brynjolfsson, Hillary Clinton, Manufacturing, Michael Hicks, NAFTA, self-driving cars, TPP, Unemployment, Wages

The Sewbots Are Coming…

Now that robots can sew, what does the future hold? “If you took the broad picture and looked at the [...]

By Gabe Fenigsohn | August 17, 2016 | Automation, Economics, Employment, Ethics, Safety | Apparel, Bangladesh, Building Collapse, Factory Workers, Fire, Garment Workers, H&M, Robots, Sewbots, Sweatshops, Wages, Working Conditions