Vol. II · No. 207
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
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Douglas Rushkoff on sustaining humanity in a digital world — tech, media, and culture.

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What Would Bruce Lee Do? UFC Propaganda and the Myth of Might Makes Right

Why this philosophy of life is being promoted right now, why it doesn’t genuinely explain the natural world, and why a civilization based on that principles isn’t truly a civilization at all.

Just Die

Living the best life means resisting the temptation to stay here forever

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Kevin Slavin on Decoding the Genome

Grifters Gonna Grift

It's time to retrieve our Spidey sense

Navigating the Swirl

Let Death Do its Thing

The Grid is Not the Ground

Escaping the simulation for the somatic

The Internet Felt Like This in 1994.

AI Might Be Our Last Chance.

The Holy War Delusion

Is it time to retire our religions?

The Tech Elite's Frictionless Fantasy

The digital world promises a frictionless existence of infinite growth, convenience, and scale. But what happens when that virtual map starts consuming the real territory?

My Dinner with Jeffrey

What the Epstein Files Reveal About Us All

A Wild Live with Douglas Rushkoff

A recording from Douglas Rushkoff and Sarah Wilson's live video

Become the Ground

Time to stop preparing for whats' next and respond to what is.

You Are Not Crazy

Reality has become absurd. Those of us who see it for what it is, who know its origins, and who know that it is constructed? We are the sane ones here.

Why I'm Getting Weird

Tilt your head to the side like a dog and consider the impossible

The Joy of Becoming Worthless…except to each other

Life after capitalism may not suck for humans

The Intentional Collapse

The elite are committed to the end of the world, but we don't have to be.

Borrow a Drill, Save the World

The high leverage point for systemwide change is not an idea, but a behavior

Is it Okay to Feel Good in the Midst of Chaos?

Why embracing bliss in dark times helps everyone

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Is AI the next Dumbwaiter?

The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.

Life is Not a Simulation: It's Magic

Your embodiment is your connection to the real story