Douglas Rushkoff
Writer, Author
1961 –
Who is Douglas Rushkoff?
Douglas Rushkoff is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.Rushkoff graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. He moved to Los Angeles and pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from California Institute of the Arts. Later he took up a post-graduate fellowship from the American Film Institute.Today, he teaches media theory at New York University's (NYU) Interactive Telecommunications Program. Rushkoff is known for being an active member of the cyberpunk movement and was the online associate of Timothy Leary. His rooted, often insightful, views on cyberculture and the media made him a sought after advisor and consultant with many organizations and companies, including the United Nations Commission on World Culture and the Sony corporation. Though an advocate for new technologies, his views lean towards a rational, creative and open source use of technology, making him a founding member of Technorealism. This extends to his broader philosophy as the founder of an online community for discussion of Judaism and related issues, called Open Source Judaism.In 2003 Rushkoff was keyboard player for a short-term line-up of Psychic TV.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1961
New York City - Also known as
- Doug Rushkoff
- Douglas Ruskhoff
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- American Film Institute
- California Institute of the Arts
- Princeton University
- Utrecht University
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on July 23, 2013
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