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When digital culture first came along, it was supposed to create more time, by allowing us to shift time around. Somehow instead we've strapped devices to ourselves that ping us all the time.
Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Rushkoff
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 18
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