TW but I've been sexually abused for... a lot of my life, and the Epstein files (along with the jokes from the internet) make me want to cry non-stop. Despite probably being used to it by now. But I agree with you in that making rapists and abusers "The Other" is so very unhelpful. Everyone is capable of being abusive, and shoving head into the sand just isolates victims more.
God, I felt this so deeply, and it immediately took me back to some complicated years in the worlds of finance and tech, where so many things felt wrong that I couldn't quite put words to it at the time. It's gonna take a few days to process and metabolize this.
When I asked you if you had ever been associated with Edge, you told me that you were never invited to their banquets or paid by Epstein. Was that so you didn't have to explain why you have an Edge.org member profile? Please answer because I paid money to be able to ask you this after you ignored this question on Youtube.
I will be unsuscribing Mr. Ru$hkoff, eventually you need to let your daughter at least if not the rest of the world know what the real story is with you and Edge. You certainly have been dodgy up to now.
I find it sadly ironic in a small way (deeply depressing considering how much reading Coercion then Cyberia, Club Ecstasy then... so much more for decades even corresponding briefly in the 00s and an "on spec" interview that went nowhere apart from inspiring me to continue reaching out to "cool" intellectuals, sadly ironic and deeply depressing also when you add the fact that it was just 2 or 3 years after having started emailing Chomsky who I also had to completely cut out even before the outing re: Epstein. I ask you this question why you seem to have evaded the truth in the question as to your connection to the Edge organization which has you listed as a member but you made it sound like you had no connection to when I brought it up on Youtube.
No answer as to why you dodged that question while appearing to answer in a way that made it seem like you wouldn't have a member profile nd mentions of Edge on your blog going back years. I still honestly think/want to believe it's just one of those Nixon things. Like you maybe didn't even take money but you know how it looks that you were associated with Edge.org via Brockman and now have to minimize it "Oh no I never went to their banquets, it was all behavioral finance experts. Oh and the Murdochs published a book, it's Capital yaknow!"
But the supreme irony Oops! Did you forget to gift your subscriptions? Dear Philip Fairbanks you have 5 gift subscriptions for Rushkoff left to share. So yeah, I screencapped the email and your lack of answer here and asked on Twitter if anybody wants them. As for me, I guess this will be my last month here. Kind of wish I had cared less about your work then you wouldn't have been the first (second was Palahniuk, nobody even mentioned his writing much less him directly phew) person I searched once the Epstein docs were released.
TW but I've been sexually abused for... a lot of my life, and the Epstein files (along with the jokes from the internet) make me want to cry non-stop. Despite probably being used to it by now. But I agree with you in that making rapists and abusers "The Other" is so very unhelpful. Everyone is capable of being abusive, and shoving head into the sand just isolates victims more.
God, I felt this so deeply, and it immediately took me back to some complicated years in the worlds of finance and tech, where so many things felt wrong that I couldn't quite put words to it at the time. It's gonna take a few days to process and metabolize this.
Wow, what a story-- your brilliant, witty friend didn't "raise the quotient."
In the final battle, we will win because they are more afraid of death than we are.
When I asked you if you had ever been associated with Edge, you told me that you were never invited to their banquets or paid by Epstein. Was that so you didn't have to explain why you have an Edge.org member profile? Please answer because I paid money to be able to ask you this after you ignored this question on Youtube.
https://www.edge.org/memberbio/douglas_rushkoff
I will be unsuscribing Mr. Ru$hkoff, eventually you need to let your daughter at least if not the rest of the world know what the real story is with you and Edge. You certainly have been dodgy up to now.
I find it sadly ironic in a small way (deeply depressing considering how much reading Coercion then Cyberia, Club Ecstasy then... so much more for decades even corresponding briefly in the 00s and an "on spec" interview that went nowhere apart from inspiring me to continue reaching out to "cool" intellectuals, sadly ironic and deeply depressing also when you add the fact that it was just 2 or 3 years after having started emailing Chomsky who I also had to completely cut out even before the outing re: Epstein. I ask you this question why you seem to have evaded the truth in the question as to your connection to the Edge organization which has you listed as a member but you made it sound like you had no connection to when I brought it up on Youtube.
No answer as to why you dodged that question while appearing to answer in a way that made it seem like you wouldn't have a member profile nd mentions of Edge on your blog going back years. I still honestly think/want to believe it's just one of those Nixon things. Like you maybe didn't even take money but you know how it looks that you were associated with Edge.org via Brockman and now have to minimize it "Oh no I never went to their banquets, it was all behavioral finance experts. Oh and the Murdochs published a book, it's Capital yaknow!"
But the supreme irony Oops! Did you forget to gift your subscriptions? Dear Philip Fairbanks you have 5 gift subscriptions for Rushkoff left to share. So yeah, I screencapped the email and your lack of answer here and asked on Twitter if anybody wants them. As for me, I guess this will be my last month here. Kind of wish I had cared less about your work then you wouldn't have been the first (second was Palahniuk, nobody even mentioned his writing much less him directly phew) person I searched once the Epstein docs were released.