io9: Douglas Rushkoff

In this week's comics, a new Airbender book is on the stands!

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:20:00 PST

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What can you look forward to this Wednesday? A new Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel, Cthulhu versus The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and futuristic teens trapped in video game dystopias. Let's hop on in! More »

A Science Fiction Anthology Published by Intel

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:30:00 PDT

Why would chipmaker Intel want to commission science fiction authors to write stories? So that the technology-focused company can start thinking more in terms of user applications. The Tomorrow Project, a new anthology that Intel published online a few months back, aims to help Intel's engineers imagine how people will actually want to use technology in the future, so they can design better products. More »

Were The Middle Ages Better Than Today?

Annalee Newitz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:43 PDT

Futurist and media maven Douglas Rushkoff has just published Life, Inc., a book about how corporations control and permeate our lives. In a recent interview, Rushkoff says the middle ages were better than our corporate-controlled future. More »