How the Internet Went From Counterculture to Technofeudalism | Douglas Rushkoff

<p dir="ltr">In <a href= "https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/how-the-internet-went-from-counterculture-to-technofeudalism-douglas-rushkoff"> Episode 439</a> of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Douglas Rushkoff, a pioneering media theorist, best-selling author, and leading voice on how digital technologies shape societies, economies, and cultures.</p> <p dir="ltr">Rushkoff and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conversation tracing the arc of Douglas' career, from his upbringing in a communal 1960s neighborhood in Queens and early work in theater to his role as a cultural and media critic chronicling the rise of the early internet. They explore how the internet's rave-like collaborative ethos and anarchic counterculture gradually gave way in the 1990s and early 2000s to a highly centralized, commercialized, and impersonal platform for economic and political consolidation and control.</p> <p dir="ltr">The second hour turns to a conversation about consequences and remedies for ...