OR Books Live on Ave C: Program or be Programmed

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Join us for a night marking the publication of PROGRAM OR BE PROGRAMMED with author Douglas Rushkoff in conversation with Marissa Feinberg

40 Loisaida Ave

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OR  Books Live on Ave C: Talking Alternatives Spring 2025

Join us for a conversation between Douglas Rushkoff and Marissa Feinberg. <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/program-or-be-programmed/" title="https://orbooks.com/catalog/program-or-be-programmed/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PROGRAM OR BE PROGRAMMED</a> will be for sale at the event or get your copy online.Join the livestream <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ORBooksChannel/streams" title="https://www.youtube.com/@ORBooksChannel/streams" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.This compact new edition of a paradigmatic text packs a big and actionable punch. Updated with a new section on the unique challenges posed by AI, Program or Be Programmed presents a spirited, accessible poetics of new media. On these pages (and screens), Rushkoff picks up where Marshall McLuhan left off, helping readers recognize programming as the new literacy of the digital age.The debate over whether the internet is good or bad for us fills the airwaves and the blogosphere. But for all the heat of claim and counter-claim, the argument is essentially beside the point: it’s here; it’s everywhere. The real question is, do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it? “Choose the former,” writes Rushkoff, “and you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and it could be the last real choice you get to make.” In eleven “commands,” Rushkoff provides cyberenthusiasts and technophobes alike with the guidelines to navigate this new universe.Douglas Rushkoff, named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty other books include Survival of the Richest, Team Human, based on his podcast, Present Shock, and Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool. He won the Marshall McLuhan Award, as well as the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. He is director of the MA program in Media Studies at the City University of New York, Queens College.Marissa Feinberg is the founder of Psychedelics for Climate Action (<a href="http://psyca.org/" title="http://psyca.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">psyca.org</a>), an organization dedicated to raising and expanding consciousness to discover pathways forward. Previously, Feinberg contributed to the co-working and environmental movements by co-founding Green Spaces NY for social entrepreneurs, which was acquired and became part of the global Impact Hub network. Feinberg launched Triple Bottom Why, a communications consultancy for values-aligned organizations, leading her to work with Nushama Psychedelic Wellness and inspiring her to help bridge these ecosystems. She also works with Connected Leadership, the first study and program for psychedelics, leadership, creativity, and decision-making.

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