Survival of the Richest

Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic. How to survive The Event: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley-style certainty that they can break the laws of physics, economics and morality to escape a disaster of their own making-as long as they have enough money and the right technology. In Survival of the Richest. , Rushkoff traces the origins of The Mindset in science and technology through its current expression in missions to Mars, island bunkers and the Metaverse. This mind-blowing work of social analysis shows us how to transcend the landscape The Mindset created-a world alive with algorithms and intelligences actively rewarding our most selfish tendencies-and rediscover community, mutual aid and human interdependency. Instead of changing the people, he argues, we can change the programme.