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Survival of the Richest "International Edition"
- Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind.
Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive The Event: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley-style certainty that they can break the laws of physics, economics, and morality to escape a disaster of their own making—as long as they have enough money and the right technology.
In Survival of the Richest, Rushkoff traces the origins of The Mindset in science and technology through its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers, and the Metaverse. This mind-blowing work of social analysis shows us how to transcend the landscape The Mindset created—a world alive with algorithms and intelligences actively rewarding our most selfish tendencies—and rediscover community, mutual aid, and human interdependency. Instead of changing the people, he argues, we can change the program.
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- Grant Dewar
- 20-10-2022
Deflating the delusions of the rich
Douglas lifts the veil on those who should have nothing to worry about..
and the beliefs that they have that could make the very thing they fear... to show up... hey billionaires wake up and make the world a better place for all... as for NZ... it has the biggest volcano outside of Yellowstone
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- Anonymous User
- 05-12-2022
Spot on, excellent read for our times.
Great insights into all facets of our crazy social predicament. My top book so far of 2022
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- Dean
- 26-12-2022
Ecstatically real!
Wisdom for all the distractions in the world and a lovely author. Well done Douglas
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