PART 1: Douglas Rushkoff and Team Human! Putting the humanity back in tech & life

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 3 p.m.

Is our technology separating us from one another? Is Wikipedia the original internet? Is John Barlow's Cyberspace manifesto part of the problem? In this episode, David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe Leonardo (UCB comedian) invite renowned media theorist Douglas Rushkoff to discuss his new book Team Human, what we can do to inject humanity back into our tech & lives, unsustainable growth of tech companies, and whether tech on our faces will ever be a hit. NEXT LIVE SHOW: Wed, Feb 13th at the Peoples Improv Theater (NYC). Topic: Why Is Tech So Lousy with Women?! https://thepit-nyc.com/events/funny-as-tech/ FUNNY AS TECH Our Relationship With Technology is Messy...Let's Discuss! Each week, tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo take a deep dive into a complex tech issue that is tripping up society. The show has dealt with AR, VR, AI, IoT, diversity in tech, tech addiction, media literacy, future of work, and much more. Previous guests and collaborators have included CNN's Laurie Segall, Randi Zuckerberg, Baratunde Thurston, Nir Eyal, Manoush Zomorodi, Douglas Rushkoff, Dennis Crowley, Kate O'Neill, Joe Lubin, Tracy Chou, Bridget Carey, and Chuck Nice. Outside of podcast recordings, Funny as Tech holds regular live performance in NYC (at the Peoples Improv Theater. Funny as Tech also performs on the road with conferences and special events. Have a question? Info@FunnyAsTech.com FUNNY AS TECH www.funnyastech.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/FunnyAsTech Instagram: www.instagram.com/FunnyAsTech/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/FunnyAsTech/ Soundcloud: @user-328735920 iTunes: apple.co/2mAxIAV Google Play: bit.ly/2C7afyg RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/funny-as-tech-a-tech-ethicist-co-WDp0Jo **We are on Spotify! Signup to our monthly mailing list: funnyastech.us17.list-manage.com/subscrib…2e9ef88e