Douglas Rushkoff Quotes About Environment

Quotes about: Environment

• One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Apples, Confusion, Doe

• The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding the commercials are there to help sell things. And that TV shows are there to sell commercials, and so on.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Simple, Tv Shows, Understanding

  "Program or be Programmed: The GeekDad". Interview with Jason Cranfordteague, www.wired.com. July 29, 2011.

• Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where one’s identity can be a liability. But the more anonymously we engage with others, the less we experience the human repercussions of what we say and do. By resisting the temptation to engage from the apparent safety of anonymity, we remain accountable and present - and are much more likely to bring our humanity with us into the digital realm

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Safety, Temptation, Humanity

• In spite of my own reservations about Bing's ability to convert Google users, I have to admit that the search engine does offer a genuine alternative to Google-style browsing, a more coherently organized selection of links, and a more advertiser-friendly environment through which to sell space and links.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Space, Google, Style

• Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some ways it's the impact of living in a digital environment, and in other ways it's just really what happens when you stop leaning so forward to the millennium and you finally arrive there.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Real, Impact, World

  "In A World That's Always On, We Are Trapped In The 'Present'". Interview with Audie Cornish, www.kuow.org. March 27, 2013.

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