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Gizmodo Asks Douglas Rushkoff About His Geek Origins

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New York-based Douglas Rushkoff is a writer closely associated with the early days of cyberpunk, but these days marks himself out as an open-source advocate and media theorist — he’s the man who coined terms like “viral media” and “social currency”. But how did he get his Geek start?


August 15, 2011
Computing

Intel Released A Sci-Fi Book With Douglas Rushkoff!?

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Brian David Johnson has one hell of a cool job: He’s one of Intel’s official ‘futurist’ soothsayers, and his ‘Tomorrow Project’ has brought together notable science fiction authors to write plausible fiction based on Intel’s research. The best part is you can download the stories for free. Writers involved this year include Douglas Rushkoff (of Life Inc. and Digital Nation fame), Ray Hammond, Scarlett Thomas, and Markus Heitz.