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Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff · 30 Jul 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Any system of thought that subordinates living people to a hypothetical future commits a foundational moral error.

    Their wordsAny system of thought that subordinates living people to a hypothetical future has already committed the foundational moral error.

  2. Our reading

    The quality of a civilization is measured by how people treat one another and whether they recognize others as persons rather than functions.

    Their wordsThe quality of a civilization is measured not by the size of its towers, but by the way people treat one another, and whether they can recognize other people as faces, not functions.

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