Douglas Rushkoff's new book: Life Inc.

Thanks for sharing this Stephen. I passed this link on to some Rushkoff fans I know. I remember Media Virus. This video is a neat way to promote a book and he has a masterful understanding of media in all its forms. Whats exciting to me about these times is not only to see the ideas this church both warned about and generated for positive change start to come to fruition, but also that as we progress in time our understanding of history becomes so much broader and incorporates all that we know now including that information about Edward Bernays incorporating Freudian Psychology into marketing shared on a previous thread - that we no longer feel like isolated consumers whose lives have no context. 

The more we understand our own culture, the more we fight for justice at home, the more realize that the way bankers treated Americans is how they're operating world wide and have been for decades, the closer we come to a meaningful human experience - and we can sustain hope for a global society where the lives of every human being carries meaning beyond the end of unenvironmentally sustainable and unconscionable profit. 

Ah, this is great.  Mr, Rushkoff does a lot of explaining in 9 minutes.  Send to your friends and family that think you're crazy.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/11/life-inc-the-movie.html