Children of Chaos: Surviving the End of the World as We Know It
by Douglas Rushkoff
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Our world is getting more complex every day. Faced by a media run amok, a rapidly expanding global economy, the collapse of national and social boundaries and the profound impact of technology on our lives, we all feel like immigrants to a very new territory. Gone is the predictability of an organized civilization, overwhelmed by a seemingly random wave of change. Like any new immigrants to an unfamiliar culture, we must look to our children for signs of how to act and think. Natives of show more chaos, they have already adapted to its demands. show lessTags
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Jannes Rushkoff and Gibson are both commenters on the impact of technology on society and human culture, and both have a vaguely prophetic air to them. Rushkoff might, strangely enough, be a bit more farfetched than Gibson, but if you can stomach that he's really enjoyable to read, and as most people probably has approached Gibson through his fiction this won't be a big problem for them.
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Douglas Rushkoff was born on February 18, 1961. After graduating from Princeton University he received an MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts. He has written numerous magazine columns on topics including cyberculture and has been aired on CBS Sunday Morning and NPR's All Things Considered and published in The New York Times and show more Time magazine. Rushkoff has taught at the MaybeLogic Academy, NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and the Esalen Institute, and he teaches media studies at the New School University. Rushkoff lectures around the world about media, art, society, and change at conferences and universities. He consults to museums, governments, synagogues, churches, universities, and companies on new media arts and ethics. Rushkoff won the first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. He is on the Boards of the Media Ecology Association, The Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, Technorealism, The National Association for Media Literacy Education, MeetUp.com, and Hyperwords. His bestselling books include graphic novels, Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism, Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out, Coercion, and Life Inc. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Children of Chaos: Surviving the End of the World as We Know It
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Technology
- DDC/MDS
- 305.230973 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Age groups Young people up to 20
- LCC
- HQ792 .U5 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Children. Child development
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- English, German
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