Life Inc. Dispatch 05 - Markets Love Selfish People

For more information about Douglas Rushkoff's book, "LIFE INC. How The World Became A Corporation And How To Take It Back" check out
http://www.lifeincorporated.net and the LIFE INC. 9min movie

The LIFE INC. Dispatch = Brief weekly videos encapsulating key concepts and ready strategies from Douglas Rushkoff's LIFE INC. for de-corporatizing our lives, abandoning the speculative economy, and rebuilding both commerce and community from the bottom up.

Douglas Rushkoff is the author of ten books on media, technology, and society, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Coercion, Nothing Sacred, Get Back in the Box, and the novel Ecstasy Club. He made the PBS Frontline documentaries Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders, and the upcoming Digital Nation. He is the host of the WFMU radio show The MediaSquat, and he will be teaching the New School University this Fall.

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[tigerwoodcourt]

Man, after listening to Douglas I realize how much I've internalized corporate values. I'd rather buy a special tool than ask to borrow my neighbors. This only increases corporate growth, but decreases my social fabric.

Yes, you must learn to be independent before you can be truly interdependent, but Americans spend way too much time on the independence-side and not enough on owning up to our interdependent realities.

[selfresonator]

@pkripper32 its just that in european and western countries the Character or Personality is brought out in people more and this is what leads to a false sense of empowerment and competing for shit that doesnt matter. 'competition creates character', didnt they used to say that? well of course, for example in corporate america. thats why everyone is so damn greedy. they are selfish, not self interested. those who are self interested learn about who they are. the self. :) that helps evryone anyway

[selfresonator]

@pkripper this is true. also keep in mind tho that is it is in the best interest of the individual him/her-self to act on behalf of a group. as an african and one one studies much of his ancestors history the individual was always put first in society, no matter what. this is why there were so many group activities amongst indigenous peoples. agreeing with your statement, and just adding a little. the individuals best inerest is the group, the group supporting the individual ability to survive

[pkripper32]

I agree with a lot of what he says, But self is present, and first. One must address their-self before one can address others. If I do not earn I cannot tithe. This is a paradox to altruists. One must achieve/pursue their own happiness first. That being said, one should not achieve that happiness through depravity E.G. the banks and politicians in the U.S.

[greenhell666]

the economy motto that came about the end of the last century:

"greed is good"

BS

[johnson280]

very true.

[knifeofspaghetti]

>there's only other people

other people exist, i do not exist