Douglas Rushkoff is professor of media theory and digital economics at Queens/CUNY. Named one of the world's ten most influential intellectuals by MIT, he hosts the Team Human podcast and has written many award-winning books. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
In Team Human, [Rushkoff] enumerates the ways connectedness matters, and argues that the technology we think connects us today is in fact tearing us apart... his cause is worthy: 'The first step toward reversing our predicament is to recognize that being human is a team sport'... -- New Scientist Can the revolution start already? This book will help us. Thank God for Douglas Rushkoff. -- Parker Posey [Rushkoff] paints our current predicament with infectious elan and energy. -- The Wall Street Journal An astonishing, paradigm-shifting must-read for all inhabitants of the twenty-first century. Precisely and cogently written. Rushkoff's best work so far. -- Grant Morrison Mr Rushkoff... a vibrant thinker of the online age. -- The Economist Rushkoff deals with heavyweight topics with a light touch, and Team Human is a joy to read - witty, accessible, and highly quotable. -- Make Wealth History 'Team Human' presents a convincing central argument and sometimes delights, particularly in Rushkoff's roasting of the techno-solutionists who refuse to challenge antihuman values. -- Engineering and Technology A vivid thinker, Rushkoff is an insightful and acerbic antidote to Facebook, cultural hegemony, and the corporatization of everything. -- Seth Godin, bestselling author of The Dip, Linchpin, and What to Do When It's Your Turn (and It's Always Your Turn)