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When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.

Douglas Rushkoff

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Douglas Rushkoff
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 18
Journalist
Writer
New York City
New York
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Wildly
Control
Pause
Sometimes
Pauses
Things
Presses
Press
Patience
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Accelerating

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