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Rushkoff: Factual institutions lose when they manipulate truth to manage perceptions
“Once you start playing that game,
You're going to lose to whoever plays that game more ruthlessly.
You know, if you're going to be on the side of supposedly factual evidence-based reality, you got to stick with that.”
Rushkoff: Binary nature of digital media polarizes modern politics and culture
“Today, you could say digital technology is a one-zero, yes, no, you know, right, wrong choose one of the above cookie-cutter medium, so people's lives and politics and approaches end up getting that way.”
Rushkoff: Polished publishing tools falsely equate amateur writing with professional journalism
“The tools create the illusion that, that what we say matters or that because our text matters, Can look all like it's in a sub stack. That means it has equal value to everything else that's up there. And it just doesn't.”
Rushkoff: Neighborly mutual aid reduces the need for government welfare programs
“If we spent that time helping other people in our communities, it would relieve the central governments and the state governments of so much stress. You know, you don't need as much welfare. You don't need as much planning. You don't need as many programs when…”
Rushkoff: Removing FCC public service requirements made TV news sensationalist
“In the United States. Anyway, news was a requirement to have An FCC television or radio license. You had to do a certain number of hours of news as part of your public affairs obligation, right? When we took that away, then news was no longer a mandatory oblig…”
Rushkoff: Heterogeneous communities only function in real life, not online
“The heterogeneous community really only works in real life where you have a broad enough bandwidth to engage with people who are really different from you.”
Rushkoff: Digital technology cannot solve problems created by digital technology
“And it might be that technologies, digital technologies are not the solution for digital technologies. It may really be as simple as Sabbath, you know, having, having a day when you're not plugged in, not to be anti-tech”
Rushkoff: Documenting or consuming social media removes people from the present
“If you're reporting on the party, you're not at the party. If you're reading about the party, you're not wherever you really are”
Rushkoff: Building resilience and metabolizing novel experiences beats insulating against unpredictability
“The world is scary and wet and dark and female and unknown and unpredictable and all that, but you don't want to compensate for that with more with predictability and insulation. What you want to do is Is enhance your resilience, and your wonder, and your abil…”