Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From building products to being the products. The internet started as a space for creativity and connection, but somewhere along the way, it changed.
We stopped shaping the platforms, and the platforms started shaping us. What was once a playground for ideas became a system designed to predict, influence, and control our behaviour.
Douglas Rushkoff is a world-renowned visionary and futurist named one of the world’s 10 most influential thinkers by MIT. Douglas has spent three decades thinking and writing about emerging technologies like AI, which has given him an unparalleled perspective on how to use these new tools to unleash our full human potential.
Check out Douglas Rushkoff's full talk at SXSW 2025 on YouTube and learn more about Douglas through the link in our bio!
Want to stay inspired? Follow The Lavin Agency for more!
#internet #socialmedia #socialmediadetox #dataprivacy #meta
From building products to being the products. The internet started as a space for creativity and connection, but somewhere along the way, it changed.
We stopped shaping the platforms, and the platforms started shaping us. What was once a playground for ideas became a system designed to predict, influence, and control our behaviour.
Douglas Rushkoff is a world-renowned visionary and futurist named one of the world’s 10 most influential thinkers by MIT. Douglas has spent three decades thinking and writing about emerging technologies like AI, which has given him an unparalleled perspective on how to use these new tools to unleash our full human potential.
Check out Douglas Rushkoff's full talk at SXSW 2025 on YouTube and learn more about Douglas through the link in our bio!
Want to stay inspired? Follow The Lavin Agency for more!
#internet #socialmedia #socialmediadetox #dataprivacy #meta










