Taking Back Tech for Team Human

A Conversation with Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff is an American media theorist, author, documentarian, and professor best known for exploring the intersections of technology, culture, and human autonomy in the digital age. Born on February 18, 1961, in New York City, he has written over 20–25 books, including influential works such as Cyberia (1994), Media Virus, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, Program or Be Programmed, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, Team Human, and Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires.

In this wide-ranging and provocative conversation, media theorist and Team Human author Douglas Rushkoff joins me to explore the deepest questions of our digital age. Framed by a powerful moment from Star Trek: The Motion Picture—where a new form of intelligence is born—we ask whether humanity is witnessing its own transformation…or losing control of the systems it created.