He is one of the most prescient hedge fund managers on Wall Street, but his trades always seem to happen after the fact. That's because as soon as he executes an order, it is observed and preempted by ...

If you read one book next year to help you make sense of the present moment, let it be Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff. Subtitled, "When Everything Happens Now," the book is a contemporary rejoinder ...

Douglas Rushkoff, who spends his days thinking, writing and teaching about media culture, says it's time for people to stop chasing every ping and start using technology in a way that makes us feel ...

Never mind future shock. Douglas Rushkoff says we’re suffering “present shock.” The tyranny of the digital, always-on “now.” Douglas Rushkoff (Photo by Johannes Kroemer) In 1970, futurist Alvin ...

Editor’s Note: Douglas Rushkoff writes a regular column for CNN.com. He is a media theorist and the author of the new book “Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now.” Facebook’s latest defense of ...

No Future: Present Shock and Why Our Now-Fixation Has Changed Everything From Advertising To Politics In his new book, "Present Shock," Douglas Rushkoff argues that "presentism" has brought about the ...

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In the 1970 book Future Shock, Alvin Toffler popularized a term for the disorientation that people suffer when they can’t cope with the pace of change around them. Media theorist Rushkoff makes a good ...