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In the video below, Douglas Rushkoff talks about his soon to be released book, Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back.

It’s a fascinating perspective on community, civility and the institutions that disconnect us from one another. Influenced by corporations, we behave like corporations, not like humans.

These are, I would submit, largely unintended consequences. We don’t set out to create systems (social, financial, political or otherwise) that dehumanize us. Instead, we slide into harmful behaviors and choices by failing to think them fully through. After all, short-term decisions always seem right in the moment.

And that’s Rushkoff’s greatest contribution of all. Whether or not you agree with his prescriptions—Let all the banks fail!—he makes you think, he makes you reflect, and he makes you aware.

Thanks, Andrea, for sending this our way.

Life Inc. The Movie from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.