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197 Douglas Rushkoff: How Should We Redesign the Internet?

INFLUENCE

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The Biggest Systemic Issue Is the Internet

i think we all know some of the flaws with the inner net rit like issues with journalism thriving off clicks, kids getting depressed from social media. But what are some of the sort of systemic issues that don't realize? Oh, i think they do realize them. They just die when i look at them. The biggest systemic issue is that the inner net is being used to foster and sustain capitalism rather than to challenge it. It was a part of the original beauty of even digital technology was you realize that, oh, my god, so much of the world is programmed only. Things like a money and religion and education, they're all read only, and they're not really up for

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